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WILLIE M. v. HUNT

No. 83-1565.

732 F.2d 383 (1984)

WILLIE M., a minor; Jeanette M., a minor; Tom H., a minor; Timothy B., a minor, all by their next friend, Albert Singer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. James B. HUNT, Jr., Governor, State of North Carolina; Sarah T. Morrow, Secretary, Department of Human Resources, State of North Carolina; A. Craig Phillips, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of North Carolina; David Bruton, Chairman, North Carolina State Board of Education; Hosea C. Brower, Director, Samarkand Manor, Division of Youth Services, Department of Human Resources; C.B. Hayslett, Director; Field Montgomery, Director; John A. Williams, State Budget Officer; J.A. Porter, Controller; George Bason, District Court Judge; Larry T. Black, District Court Judge; Bill J. Martin, Judge, 25th Judicial District, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Mansfield Shaber, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., William F. O'Connell, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilson Hayman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief) for appellants.

J. Jerome Hartzell, Raleigh, N.C. (Akins, Mann, Pike & Mercer, P.A., Raleigh, N.C., Sandra L. Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Lillington, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

A class action brought to litigate the rights to treatment and education of a class of mentally, emotionally and neurologically impaired or violent minors resulted in the entry of a consent judgment. Counsel for plaintiffs sought fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, for their services up to entry of the consent judgment. They were awarded $160,000.00, plus expenses, 90 F.R.D. 601, and we sustained the award on appeal. Willie...

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