BERNARDI v. YEUTTER

Nos. 90-15062, 90-15283.

951 F.2d 971 (1991)

Gene C. BERNARDI, individually and on behalf of the class she represents, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. Clayton YEUTTER, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1991.

As Amended December 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Honig, Mari Mayeda and Guy T. Saperstein, Saperstein, Seligman & Mayeda, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

David A. Shaneyfelt and Frank A. Rosenfeld, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before SCHROEDER, BEEZER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Gene Bernardi, on behalf of herself and her class, obtained an order holding the Secretary of Agriculture in contempt of court for failure to comply with the terms of a consent decree between the class and the Secretary. The district court later awarded attorneys' fees to the counsel for the class for work performed in obtaining the contempt order. Bernardi v. Yeutter, 754 F.Supp. 743 (N.D.Cal.1990...

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