ALLISON v. BOARD OF JOHNSON COUNTY COMM'RS

No. 59,400

241 Kan. 266 (1987)

737 P.2d 6

GLADYS L. ALLISON, et al., Appellees, v. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Jarrett, chief counsel, Johnson County, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellants.

Leonard O. Thomas, of Thomas, McDonald, Maier, Dykes & Johnston, Chartered, of Overland Park, and Robert B. Best, Jr., of Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, of Olathe, argued the cause, and Jon C. Christlieb, L.D. McDonald, Jr., and J. Lawrence Louk, of Thomas, McDonald, Maier, Dykes & Johnston, Chartered, of Overland Park; Thomas E. Ruzicka and Amelia J. McIntyre, of Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, of Olathe; and Byron J. Beck, Theresa L.F. Levings, and Pamela G. Kohler, of Morrison, Hecker, Curtis, Kuder & Parrish, of Overland Park, were with them on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LOCKETT, J.:

The Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County (Board) appeals the district court's award to the plaintiffs under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) for attorney fees which exceeded $585,000, in five cases that were consolidated for trial.

Five separate lawsuits challenging the levy of special assessments to pay the cost of waste-water treatment facilities constructed in Blue River Main Sewer District...

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