HENDRICKSON v. BRANSTAD

No. 90-1644.

934 F.2d 158 (1991)

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, Appellees, v. Terry E. BRANSTAD, individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Iowa; Richard R. Ramsey, individually and in his capacity as Executive Director of the Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Agency, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Allen, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Harry F. Swanger, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and ROSENBAUM, District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, and Richard R. Ramsey, Executive Director of the Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Agency, appeal an order of the district court awarding attorney's fees to Hendrickson1 as a prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1990). The district court found that a lawsuit filed by Hendrickson successfully enforced Iowa's compliance...

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