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· 11/25/1981

Greenside v. Ariyoshi

Citations

  • 526 F. Supp. 1194
  • 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16021

How courts have described this case

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  • \An award of attorney's fees in a civil rights action must not be such as to encourage the overpressing of marginal claims\
  • no attorney's fees to plaintiff where it was unnecessary to file civil rights action because settlement could have been achieved, state had voluntarily suspended enforcement of statute, and legislative session that removed offending language had commenced
  • no attorney’s fees to plaintiff where it was unnecessary to file civil rights action because settlement could have been achieved, state had voluntarily suspended enforcement of statute, and legislative session that removed offending language had commenced

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Judges: Heen

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