Legal Opinion
Bernardi v. Yeutter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1991No. Nos. 90-15062, 90-15283PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Gene Bernardi, on behalf of herself and her class, obtained an order holding the Secretary of Agriculture in contempt of court for failure to comply with the terms of a consent decree between the class and the Secretary. The district court later awarded attorneys’ fees to the counsel for the class for work performed in obtaining the contempt order. Bernardi v. Yeutter, 754 F.Supp. 743 (N.D.Cal.1990). The class now appeals the amount of fees awarded by the district court. The Secretary cross appeals the district court’s award of interest on the judgment. We affirm in part…
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