Joseph B. Williams and Leo Bazile v. Joseph L. Alioto

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• holding that where plaintiffs obtained some relief before case became moot, on appeal, attorney fees were 5790 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL v. MARINA POINT DEVELOPMENT proper
• holding that plaintiffs were prevailing parties because the preliminary injunction gave them the precise relief sought — preventing the defendant police officers from continuing to stop and frisk any black male who had certain physical characteristics
• plaintiff who obtained preliminary injunction was “prevailing party” under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, even though action was subsequently dismissed as moot
• same, where police voluntarily ceased enjoined conduct while preliminary injunction on appeal

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