Legal Opinion
In Re Sarah Ann Horacek United States, Intervenor v. Charles Thone, Richard Douglas McClain Attorney for James Michael Jonas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1983No. 82-2384PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Attorney Richard McClain appeals the district court 1 denial of his application for attorney fees. McClain seeks fees under the consent decree entered in the case of Horacek v. Exon, Civil No. 72-L-299 (D.Neb.1975). The district court denied McClain’s application on the ground that the court lacks the authority to grant the fees under the decree, statutes and case law. We affirm.
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The instant litigation is based on the case of Horacek v. Exon, Civil No. 72-L-299 (D.Neb.1975). That case was brought under the Civil Rights Act against state officials by certain parents of and…
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