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PLRA Attorney Fee Provision Not Retroactive in Jail Conditions Suit
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1999, page 28
The court of appeals for the DC Circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PRLA) provision, which caps attorney fee awards, applies to work performed after the act's effective date (April 26, 1996), even when the suit was commenced before then.This case involves consolidated appeals in two class ...
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