Ferdinand v. City of Fairbanks

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• holding that Rule 82 did not apply to an award of attorney’s fees under the federal civil rights statute
• noting, with respect to the Civil Rights Act, that the trial court’s discretion “is narrowly limited when attorney’s fees are awarded pursuant to the federal act, and will be reviewed on appeal in light of federal rather than Alaska law.”
• federal civil rights actions in state court are governed by 42 U.S.C. § 1988 rather than Civil Rule 82
• federal civil rights actions in state court are governed by 42 U.S.C. § 1988 rather than Civil Rule 82
• “We cannot, however, agree with appellants that [§ 1988] requires an award of the full amount of fees claimed, but only those fees that are reasonable.”

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