Mr. Justice Brennan, dissenting. I agree with Mr. Justice Marshall that federal equity courts have the power to award attorneys’ fees *272 on a private-attorney-general rationale. Moreover, for the reasons stated by Judge Wright in the Court of Appeals, I would hold that this case was a proper one for the exercise of that power. As Judge Wright concluded:<…
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