Legal Opinion
David Brewster v. Michael S. Dukakis, David Brewster v. Michael S. Dukakis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 1986No. 85-1775, 85-1776PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from an attorney’s fee award covering work performed by counsel for the plaintiff class, residents of the Northampton State Hospital, during two and one half years subsequent to entry of a complex consent decree. The decree bound the responsible Massachusetts officials to establish a system for the care and treatment of mentally disabled persons in community residential facilities and nonresidential programs. 1
The litigation commenced in 1976; the decree was entered in 1978; and the dis-. trict court made its first fee award in 1982, covering work…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- 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
- Webb v. County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Bond v. StantonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Garrity v. SununuCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Mental RetardationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Brewster v. DukakisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Keith v. VolpeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Rubie Rogers v. Robert OkinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Duran v. CarruthersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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