HENDRICKSON v. BRANSTAD

No. 2C 84-3012.

740 F.Supp. 636 (1990)

Thomas Neil HENDRICKSON, Jr.; Bertha M. Foy, a minor, by her next friend, Blake Parker; and Sessions Harper, a minor, by his next friend, Blake Harper; individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Terry E. BRANSTAD, individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Iowa; and Richard R. Ramsey, individually and in his capacity as Executive Director of the Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Agency, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, C.D.

March 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Swanger, St. Louis, Mo., Blake Parker, Fort Dodge, Iowa, for plaintiffs.

Carlton Salmons, Charles Phillips, Des Moines, Iowa, for defendants.


ORDER

DONALD E. O'BRIEN, Chief Judge.

Before the court are the parties' joint motions to dismiss this action on the basis of mootness, and plaintiffs' renewed motion for attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. For the reasons discussed below, the court awards plaintiffs' counsel $276,163.09 in attorneys' fees and costs, and dismisses this action.

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