Hughes v. Rowe, No. 79-6000 (U.S. Supreme Court) (449 U.S. 5; 101 S.Ct. 173) (November 10, 1980) (Per Curiam)
Here the Court reversed a lower court's order requiring an inmate to pay $400 in attorneys' fees to the state for filing a frivolous civil rights action against prison officials, and set the standard to determine when and whether such fees may be ordered.
In this case the Petitioner/inmate, acting ...
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