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BROWN v. BATHKE

No. 78-1186.

588 F.2d 634 (1978)

Barbara Jean BROWN, v. Robert BATHKE, As Principal of Monroe Junior High School; Owen Knutzen, Superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools, Ron Anderson, Assistant Superintendent for Staff Personnel Services, Omaha Public Schools, Paul Kennedy, President of the Board of Education of the School District of Omaha, John Barnhart, Vice-President of the Board of Education of the School District of Omaha, Dorothy Beaver, Charles Peters, Richard O'Brien, R. F. Jenkins, Helen Frank, Tim Rouse, Donald Cunningham, Al Bergman, Ruth Thomas and Leo Hoffman, Members of the Board of Education of the School District of Omaha, Individually and in their official capacities, Appellees. Clyde A. Christian, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Christian (on brief), Shrout, Christian, Krieger & Merwald, Omaha, Neb., argued, for appellant.

Ronald C. Jensen of Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann & Haggart, Omaha, Neb. (argued), and Alex M. Clarke, Omaha, Neb., on brief, for appellees.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Barbara Jean Brown appeals from an order of the District Court, awarding Brown attorney's fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Brown contends that the District Court erred in two respects: first, by awarding Brown fees for only that time spent by Brown's counsel on that issue on which Brown ultimately prevailed; and, second, by failing to fully compensate Brown for time which her counsel...

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