WOMENS SERVICES, P.C. v. THONE

No. 80-1885.

645 F.2d 649 (1981)

WOMENS SERVICES, P.C., a Nebraska professional corporation and G. William Orr, M.D., Appellants, v. Charles THONE, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; and Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, State of Nebraska, Appellees. WOMENS SERVICES, P.C., a Nebraska professional corporation and G. William Orr, M.D., Appellants, v. Charles THONE, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; and Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, State of Nebraska; Marilyn A. Schneider, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1981.

Order Filed May 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Levy, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Jerold V. Fennell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Lawrence I. Batt, Garber & Batt, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSS, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Womens Services, P.C. appeals the amount of attorney fees awarded by the district court1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976) in their successful challenge of the constitutionality of Nebraska's abortion regulation statute. See Womens Services, P.C. v. Thone, 483 F.Supp. 1022 (D.Neb.1979), aff'd, 636 F.2d 206 (8th Cir. 1980). We affirm...

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