Legal Opinion
Institutionalized Juveniles v. Secretary of Public Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 26, 1985No. Nos. 83-1696, 83-1722PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
These appeals require us to review a comprehensive award of counsel fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a protracted civil rights case dealing with procedures for admitting mentally ill and mentally retarded juveniles to mental health facilities. Both sides appeal virtually all aspects of the fee award. The appeal and cross-appeal present numerous questions, spanning the burgeoning jurisprudence of counsel fees. The appeals present particularly difficult questions concerning prevailing party status and the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by102 opinions
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- Rode v. DellarcipreteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Keenan v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Brown v. Borough of ChambersburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. And Friends of the Earth, in 86-5927 v. At & T Bell Laboratories, in 86-5895Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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