O'BRIEN v. TOWN OF WESTERLY HOUSING AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 84-0125 P.

626 F.Supp. 1065 (1986)

Stacey O'BRIEN, et al. v. TOWN OF WESTERLY HOUSING AUTHORITY.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Dineen, of R.I. Legal Services, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

George Comolli, Westerly, R.I., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiffs have moved for the award of attorney's fees and costs. The defendant Town of Westerly Housing Authority (WHA) sets forth the issues to be answered by objecting on the following grounds: "the plaintiff did not prevail under existing law", the "defendants' actions [were] not required by law,"1 and an award of attorney's fees would be unjust.

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