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WILLIAMS v. HANOVER HOUSING AUTH.

No. 96-1612.

113 F.3d 1294 (1997)

Tashima WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The HANOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Liben, Boston, MA, with whom Ernest Winsor, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, were on briefs for appellants.

Bernard M. Ortwein, Marblehead, MA, for appellees.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs in an action they brought under 42 U.S.C. § 19831 are entitled to recover attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.2 In the course of plaintiffs' § 1983 action, the district court determined an underlying state law issue in plaintiffs' favor. Because federal and...

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