Legal Opinion
Brandenburger v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1974No. 72-2224PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Brandenburger appeals from a denial of his motion for reasonable attorneys’ fees following the entry of a consent judgment. We reverse and remand.
In Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618, 89 S.Ct. 1322, 22 L.Ed.2d 600 (1969), the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional state statutes denying welfare benefits to residents who had not resided within the state for at least one year immediately preceding their application for assitance. Two years later, in 1971, Hawaii established as a condition of eligibility for state welfare benefits a one-year durational…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by107 opinions
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- New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Rodriguez v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Grunin v. International House of PancakesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation v. General Telephone & Electronics Corporation and Hawaiian Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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