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4184 A municipal employee with final authority to make considered decisions based on her/his understanding of the law is a policy maker whose decisions are implementations of official municipal policy and may result in municipal liability under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871; although the Act authorizes the award of attorney fees to a successful plaintiff, courts should display restraint in approving awards in amounts that constitute a high multiple of damages unless the adjudication results in significant public benefit.CitationHARMAN v CITY AND COUNTY OF SF (Airport Discrimination) 136 CA4 1279 [See: 42 USC 1983, 1988; Monell v NYC 436 US 658; Pembaur v Cincinnati 475 US 469; Hensley v Eckerhart 461 US 424]
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