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GAULIN v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE

23 Mass. App. Ct. 744 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 898

JASON GAULIN vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE (and two companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Despena Fillios Billings, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

J. Patterson Rae for the plaintiffs.

Allan G. Rodgers, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: ARMSTRONG, KAPLAN, & SMITH, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

In these consolidated actions, brought to enforce asserted civil rights, the plaintiffs based their claims on State law and on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) (civil action for deprivation of rights). As prevailing parties in these actions, the plaintiffs secured an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) (vindication of civil rights; attorney's fees). The defendant State official...

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