1. Hanrahan v. Hampton, No. 79-912, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, June 2, 1980, Decided ** Together with No. 79-914, Johnson et al. v. Hampton et al., also on certiorari to the same court.
OVERVIEW: Award of attorney fees to respondents in their civil rights action was reversed, because respondents were not "prevailing parties" under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, where they did not prevail on the merits of their claims.
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