William R. Leffler and Shirley Jolliff, Cross-Appellees v. Ralph Meer, Cross-Appellants, and Howard Shake, Cross-Appellants

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• noting “the duty to mitigate legal fees by promptly, where possible, disposing of baseless claims through summary procedures”
• noting “the duty to mitigate legal fees by promptly, where possible, disposing of baseless claims through summary procedures”
• “[T]o warrant the grant of section 1988 prevailing defendant attorney’s fees, the plaintiff's action must be meritless in the sense that it is groundless or without foundation.”

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