Legal Opinion
Herbst v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1996No. Nos. 95-1611, 95-1733PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the appropriate allocation of responsibility for attorneys’ fees in a civil rights action. In the underlying action,. the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of certain amendments to Illinois’ Abortion Law.1 The Attorney General of Illinois, the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the class of all 102 Illinois State’s Attorneys were named as defendants. The district court approved a consent decree proposed by the parties. The plaintiffs, as the “prevailing parties,” then successfully…
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- Polk County v. DodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Neighborhoods v. GuadagnoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2018
- Herbst v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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