District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania December 11, 1979, Civ. A. 73-162 (Vecchione v. Wohlgemuth)

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I.

Preliminary Statement

This opinion will consider a motion for counsel fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, in a civil rights case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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The history of this litigation has been chronicled in three opinions:

Vecchione v. Wohlgemuth,

377 F.Supp. 1361 (E.D.Pa.