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UNDERWOOD v. PIERCE

No. 83-5773.

761 F.2d 1342 (1985)

Myrna UNDERWOOD, Sheila Fazande, Annie Johnson, Jerome Smith, Cora Ewers, Frances Jardin, Lura R. Stentz, Charlotte West, Aritisha McGee, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary S. Burdick, Western Center of Law and Poverty, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

James R. Madison, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., amicus curiae.

Sheila Lieber, Robert Greenspan, Merril Hirsh, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Before HUG and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and CARROLL, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This case requires us to consider the calculation of awards of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was ordered to pay $1,129,450 to the attorneys representing low income tenants in a class action against the Secretary. The fee award calculation included time for services performed in litigating the case and time spent by the attorneys in administering a settlement agreement.

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