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WEBSTER v. SOWDERS

Nos. 86-6309, 87-5198.

846 F.2d 1032 (1988)

Ross WEBSTER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dewey SOWDERS, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Versar, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara W. Jones, argued, Corrections Cabinet, Office of Gen. Counsel, Frankfort, Ky., for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Reeves, Daniel R. Dolan, Lexington, Ky., Andrew S. Lipton, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gary E. Powell, argued, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRITT, KENNEDY and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

The principal questions at issue on this appeal concern the limits on a district court's authority (1) to award interim attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 without findings and conclusions respecting liability, (2) to impose the cost of a court-appointed monitor upon a defendant under Fed.R.Evid. 706(b); and (3) to impose Rule 11 sanctions on a litigant for undertaking an appeal considered frivolous by the District Court.

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