Legal Opinion
Hendrickson v. Branstad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1991No. 90-1644PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, and Richard R. Ramsey, Executive Director of the Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Agency, appeal an order of the district court awarding attorney’s fees to Hendrickson1 as a prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1990). The district court found that a lawsuit filed by Hendrickson successfully enforced Iowa’s compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Branstad and Ramsey2 raise two issues on appeal, Hendrickson’s prevailing party status and the proper amount of attorney’s fees awarded to…
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3Cited by54 opinions
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