SPOKANE CTY. LEGAL SERVICES v. LEGAL SERVICES CORP.

Nos. 77-3200, 77-3179.

614 F.2d 662 (1980)

SPOKANE COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. SPOKANE COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fremming Nielsen and Joseph F. Valente (argued), Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees; Hamblen, Gilbert & Brooke, P. S., Spokane, Wash., on brief.

Robert H. Whaley (argued), for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant, Winston & Cashatt, Repsold, McNichols, Connelly & Driscoll, Spokane, Wash., on brief.

Neil Haight, Steven L. Bunch, Montana Legal Services Ass'n, Helena, Mont., on brief, amicus curiae.

Theodore R. Mitchell, Daniel H. MacMeekin, Robert L. Keogh, Micronesian Legal Services Corp., Saipan, Mariana Islands, on brief, amicus curiae.

Before COWEN, Senior Judge, TRASK and HUG, Circuit Judges.


COWEN, Senior Judge:

This case is before the court on cross-appeals from the judgment of the district court. Plaintiffs below, Spokane County Legal Services, Inc. (Spokane) and Ben Franklin Legal Aid Association (Ben Franklin), are both nonprofit corporations providing legal services to low income persons in various counties of eastern Washington. Defendant, Legal Services Corporation (LSC), is a private nonprofit corporation created by Congress in the Legal Services...

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