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DENNIS v. CHANG

Nos. 77-4019, 78-1336, 78-2751, 78-1337 and 78-1338.

611 F.2d 1302 (1980)

Hanako DENNIS, Arthur Schmidt, Clyde C. Teixeira, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Mary PEREZ, Penelope Torres, Sharleen Lee and Danielle Von Hiram, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Marjorie A. LYNCH and Roxanne Montalvo, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Claudia FORTUCCI, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charleen M. Aina, Honolulu, Hawaii (argued), Ronald Y. Amemiya, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Norman K. K. Lau, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWNING, CHOY and HUG, Circuit Judges.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Officials of Hawaii's Department of Social Services and Housing challenge the attorneys' fee awards made to prevailing plaintiffs in four section 1983 class actions alleging equal protection and statutory violations in the administration of Hawaii's Medicaid and AFDC programs.1 Plaintiffs in all four cases were represented by the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii (LASH), a non-profit public interest corporation partially...

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