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SHEPARD v. CITY OF ST. PAUL

No. C1-85-947.

380 N.W.2d 140 (1985)

Mary R. SHEPARD, et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF ST. PAUL, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Janus, Rebecca A. Knittle, St. Paul, for appellants.

Edward P. Starr, City Atty., Karla F. Hancock, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., LESLIE and NIERENGARTEN, J.

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellant Mary Shepard attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The trial court reduced the claimed fees by eighty-seven percent without explanation. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Mary Shepard and others (collectively referred to as Shepard) sought to distribute "peace and social justice literature" in Town Square Park in St. Paul without a permit as required by...

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