Legal Opinion
Hendrickson Ex Rel. Parker v. Branstad
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided March 23, 1990No. 2C 84-3012PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DONALD E. O’BRIEN, Chief Judge..
Before the court are the parties’ joint motions to dismiss this action on the basis of mootness, and plaintiffs’ renewed motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. For the reasons discussed below, the court awards plaintiffs’ counsel $276,163.09 in attorneys’ fees and costs, and dismisses this action.
Plaintiffs commenced this case on February 2, 1984, alleging violations of due process, the eighth amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, statutory rights under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act,…
2Cases cited37 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
- Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Casey v. City of CaboolCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Hendrickson v. BranstadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Little Rock School District v. ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
- Hendrickson v. BranstadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Casey v. City of Cabool, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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