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STANTON v. GODFREY

No. 3-180A16.

415 N.E.2d 103 (1981)

Wayne A. STANTON, Individually and in His Capacity As Administrator of the Indiana State Department of Public Welfare; Marion M. Hilger, Robert M. Curless, Arvella M. Stanton, Robert G. Watson, Jr., and James W. Burnett, Jr., Individually and in Their Capacities As Members of the State Board of Public Welfare; and John E. Heiny, Individually and in His Capacity As Director of the Allen County Department of Public Welfare, Appellants (Defendants below) v. Bonnie S. GODFREY, Individually and On Behalf of Her Minor Children; Linda Lowry, Individually and On Behalf of Her Minor Children; and On Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

January 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Janis L. Summers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellants.

Linda S. Weiss-Malik, Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Valparaiso, for appellees.

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, Wayne A. Stanton, et al., appeal from the trial court's award of attorney's fees to a non-profit legal service organization. The two issues presented for review are:

(1) whether the trial court erred in awarding attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988; and (2) whether the trial court erred in allowing attorney's fees to a non-profit legal service organization without a reduction for...

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