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COOK v. OCHSNER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL

No. 75-3982.

559 F.2d 270 (1977)

Rosezella COOK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OCHSNER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, Defendant, Methodist Hospital and East Jefferson General Hospital, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. McHale, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Methodist Hospital.

Peter E. Duffy, Metairie, La., for East Jefferson General Hospital.

Marilyn G. Rose, Center for Law & Social Policy, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

Before GOLDBERG and FAY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Methodist Hospital and East Jefferson General Hospital from an order and judgment awarding attorneys' fees to plaintiffs as part of the compensatory damages in their action for civil contempt against the hospitals.1 Appellants-hospitals contend that attorneys' fees are not recoverable under Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240

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