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MORALES v. TURMAN

No. 86-2531.

820 F.2d 728 (1987)

Alicia MORALES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James TURMAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. AMERICAN ORTHOPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, et al., Amici Curiae-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Javier P. Guajardo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary F. Keller, Exec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., Norman Rosenberg, Director Mental Health Law Project, Wash. D.C., for American Ortho, et al.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

James Turman and others appeal from the district court's award of over $300,000.00 in attorney's fees and costs to the Mental Health Law Project, counsel for the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Association on Mental Deficiency, the Child Welfare League, and the National Council on Crime and Deficiency collectively — who voluntarily participated as amici curiae...

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