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HALEY v. PATAKI

No. 61, Docket 96-7133.

106 F.3d 478 (1997)

Suzanne HALEY, Ruth V. Verbal, Barbara J. Scott, James H. Watson, Nadine Jones, Joy King, Robert Matthew, Deborah Allen and A. Joshua Ehrlich, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George E. PATAKI, as Governor of the State of New York, and the State of New York, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Walsh, Assistant Attorney General, State of New York, Albany, NY (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Victoria A. Graffeo, Solicitor General, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General, State of New York, Albany, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants.

Kenneth J. Munnelly, Albany, N.Y. (G. Oliver Koppell, Dan Drachler, Zwerling, Schachter, Zwerling & Koppell, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: MESKILL, WINTER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs moved for a preliminary injunction in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, McAvoy, C.J. The district court granted plaintiffs' motion and plaintiffs then moved for attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The district court awarded plaintiffs attorney's fees and defendants appeal this award.

We affirm.

Defendants-appellants raise three issues on appeal: (1) whether...

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