SONKSEN v. LEGAL SERVICES CORP.

No. 85-1078.

389 N.W.2d 386 (1986)

Craig J. SONKSEN and Mary Sue Sonksen, Appellants, v. LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, William M. Turner and Scott Jenkins, Jr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Michelson, Des Moines, for appellants.

Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

The submission in trial court was upon plaintiffs' counsel's application for attorney fees under a federal statute. None were allowed because counsel made no showing establishing the statutory grounds. We affirm. On a separate matter we censure appellants' counsel, William H. Michelson, for unprofessional remarks in the appellants' brief.

Beginning in 1980 defendant Legal Services Corporation of Iowa represented defendants Turner and Jenkins...

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