LIGHTFOOT v. WALKER

Civ. Nos. 73-238E, 78-2095.

619 F.Supp. 1481 (1985)

Ralph LIGHTFOOT and LaCarttle Jones, Plaintiffs, v. Daniel WALKER, Individually & as Governor of State of Illinois, Allyn R. Sielaff, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois, East St. Louis Division.

October 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Eastman, Chackes & Hoare, St. Louis, Mo., Harvey Grossman, Chicago, Ill., Patrick Flynn, Columbia, S.C., for plaintiffs.

Patricia Bornor, Chief Legal Counsel, State of Ill., Dept. of Corrections, Pat Chapin, Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs' application for attorney's fees and costs, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, is now before the Court.

I. UNDERLYING LITIGATION

Plaintiffs originally filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on October 2, 1973 on behalf of thirty-eight named black prisoners confined to segregation at Menard Correctional Center (Menard) since May 1, 1973. Among other things, the plaintiffs challenged...

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