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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. PATTERSON

Nos. 93-CV-835, 93-CV-874.

667 A.2d 1338 (1995)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Terrie PATTERSON, et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Acting Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Landon Gerald Dowdey, with whom Brenda Grantland, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

At issue in this appeal and cross-appeal is the trial court's award of attorney's fees to the plaintiffs in actions filed against the District of Columbia invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs sought to recover property seized by the District pursuant to statutes authorizing the forfeiture of property used in connection with certain drug activities. The actions, inter alia, challenged the constitutionality of the statutes under...

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