Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Pierce
District Court, C.D. California
Decided March 25, 1982No. 79-1318-HPPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY’S MOTION FOR DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO AN AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.
This court has been asked to determine whether Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. (Western Center) is entitled to attorneys’ fees in this litigation for work performed in representing a class of low-income tenants who resided in certain federally subsidized housing projects.
Western Center, a public-interest law firm that acts as an advocate on behalf of low-income persons, contends that it is entitled to…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Stanley Spencer v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Rawlings v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Tyler Business Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Allen S. Berman v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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