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MORRISON v. AYOOB

No. 79-1923.

627 F.2d 669 (1980)

Patricia MORRISON, Blanche Lowe, Rachel Dawkins, George Black, and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. John J. AYOOB, Hugo R. Iofido, Ross M. Keefer, Lewis E. Kirchner, Joseph J. Liberati, Stephen Mihalic, Arthur L. Schlemmer, George L. Shaffer, Milton H. Richael, Individually and as District Magistrates in the County of Beaver and their successors in office.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Reed, Pittsburgh, Pa. (argued), John W. Dineen, Aliquippa, Pa., Neighborhood Legal Services Association, for appellants.

Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr. (argued), Ronald S. Krasnow, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge, and SHAPIRO, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court denying their request for attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

I.

Plaintiffs are a class of indigents residing in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The defendants are district justices for the county (formerly known as district magistrates). District justices are elected judicial officials, and their jurisdiction includes mainly minor civil matters...

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