Legal Opinion
Alicia Morales v. James Turman v. American Orthopsychiatric Association, Amici Curiae-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1987No. 86-2531PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
James Turman and others appeal from the district court’s award of over $300,-000. 00 in attorney’s fees and costs to the Mental Health Law Project, counsel for the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Association on Mental Deficiency, the Child Welfare League, and the National Council on Crime and Deficiency collectively — who voluntarily participated as amici curiae in civil rights litigation challenging conditions at Texas Youth Council institutions. We reverse, finding no statutory or common law…
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