U.S. Supreme Court: Plaintiffs who forced change in state law not entitled to attorneys’ fees

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U.S. Supreme Court: Plaintiffs who forced change in state law not entitled to attorneys’ fees

Virginia drivers who sued under §1983 and obtained a preliminary injunction after their licenses were suspended for failure to pay court fines were not entitled to attorneys’ fees as “prevailing parties” under §1988(b), even though the state legislature eventually mooted their claims by changing state law to reinstate their driving privileges, a divided U.S. Supreme