Legal Opinion
Melvin Leroy Tyler v. Warden Lark Norton Y. Beilenson v. Treasurer of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1973No. 72-1271PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.
Appellant was appointed to represent an indigent state prisoner in federal court. The prisoner had instituted a civil rights action based upon his claim of an alleged beating received in a St. Louis jail. In oral argument this court was informed that a trial to a jury, taking three days, was had, and that the verdict was for the defendants and against the civil rights plaintiff. Thus, there was no recovery out of which counsel could be compensated. Subsequent to the trial counsel filed a Motion for “An Attorney’s Fee, and That the Treasurer of the United States…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- United States v. Edward J. Dillon, Petition of Manley B. StrayerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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- Loyd Carl Ray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Ruckenbrod v. MullinsUtah Supreme Court · 1943
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- J. D. Williamson, Jr. v. Paul E. Vardeman, Judge of Jackson County, and Susan StantonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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