Legal Opinion
Illinois Welfare Rights Organization v. Jeffrey C. Miller, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Illinois Department of Public Aid
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 1983No. 83-1260PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case is on appeal from a decision of the district court awarding attorney’s fees to plaintiffs 1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. V 1981) for all time spent in connection with their lawsuit challenging the operation of the Illinois Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) public assistance program. Defendants 2 contend that the district court erred in basing the amount of the award on the total time plaintiffs spent litigating the case in light of plaintiffs’ purported failure to prevail on significant issues in the litigation. Although we…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Mary Beth G. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Stephen Ustrak v. James W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Stewart v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Institutionalized Juveniles v. Secretary of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- William H. Lynch v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- George C. Hibma v. Richard T. Odegaard, James Nikodem, and Michael Paul Szula, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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