Legal Opinion
Jerry E. Stewart Richard Eugene Smith Kenneth Wilson William Brown v. Brad Gates, Sheriff William Wallace Ralph A. Diedrich Robert W. Battin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1993No. 90-56080PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Sheriff Brad Gates and the other defendants appeal the district court’s award of $100,000 in attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Defendants do not dispute the $2539.24 award for costs incurred by plaintiffs’ attorneys. The underlying civil rights litigation concerns prison conditions in Orange County, California. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand the fee award.
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Litigation over the Orange County prison conditions began in 1975 and has resulted in various court orders to improve those conditions. The district court has never appointed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Jenkins v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Meister v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
- Applegate v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002
- Pak v. HoangCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
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