MILLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-2583.

713 F.2d 1249 (1983)

Martha MILLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1983.

As Amended July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Shakman, Krupp & Miller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Howard S. Scher, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, 18 U.S.C. section 3006A (1976), grants the Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit the statutory authority to increase the maximum hourly fees payable to court appointed counsel in the absence of a local bar association minimum fee scale. The district court for the Northern District of Illinois, 547 F.Supp. 116, found that the Judicial...

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