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BROWN v. STACKLER

No. 78-2503.

612 F.2d 1057 (1980)

Silas K. BROWN, Community Thrift Club, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, and Rev. James Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ronald E. STACKLER, Superintendent, Department of Registration and Education, Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, and William J. Scott, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Stein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stuart D. Gordon, Asst. State's Atty., Charles J. Pesek, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER, CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

The Court, having read the briefs, considered the record, and heard oral arguments on behalf of the parties, concludes that the judgment of the District Court should be affirmed.

The only issue relates to counsel fees. The law is plain. In Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240, 247, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975), the Supreme Court reaffirmed the "American Rule...

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