Legal Opinion
Wesson v. Johnson
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided October 2, 1980No. 79CA1021PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN CISE, Judge.
Plaintiff, Charles Wesson, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, appeals a judgment by the trial court denying his application for award of attorney’s fees made pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1979 Supp.). We affirm.
This was a class action, begun in October 1975, seeking to establish the right of contact visitation for pre-trial detainees held in custody in the Adams County jail. Attorney’s fees were not asked for in the complaint or amended complaint. The trial court initially denied most of the relief sought, but was reversed in Wesson v. Johnson, 195 Colo.…
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