Legal Opinion
Rubie Rogers v. Robert Okin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 12, 1987No. 86-1777PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This is the fee tail of a very long dachshund of civil rights litigation involving mental patients at a state hospital, which began in 1975 and in due course involved all three levels of federal courts as well as the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 1 The merits having at last been re solved, the present issue is what fees and costs, if any at all, should be paid counsel for plaintiffs under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
The underlying lawsuit was brought by seven patients against the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health, directors of separate mental…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Wagenmann v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Annabelle Lipsett v. Gumersindo BlancoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Michael J. Foley v. City of Lowell, Massachusetts, Michael J. Foley v. City of Lowell, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Metropolitan District Commission, Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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