WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE, INC. v. SMITH

Civil Action No. 1:96-0068.

952 F.Supp. 342 (1996)

WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE, INC., Joseph Shoda, Treasurer of West Virginians For Life, Beth Pruett, Kenneth Pruett, Dallas Bragg, and Karen Suzanna Brooks, Plaintiffs, v. Charles R. SMITH, in his official capacity as Prosecuting Attorney for Mercer County, West Virginia, and as a representative of the class of Prosecuting Attorneys in the State of West Virginia, Ken Hechler, in his official capacity as Secretary of State for West Virginia and as an ex-officio member of the West Virginia Election Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Bluefield.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Porth, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, WV, James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for plaintiffs.

Charles R. Smith, Princeton, WV, pro se.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Atty. Gen., Amie Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, WV, for defendant Ken Hechler, Sec. of State.


OPINION ON ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS

FABER, District Judge.

Pending before the court are the Motion for Attorneys' Fees & Expenses filed by the plaintiffs on September 12, 1996, and the Supplemental Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses filed by plaintiffs on November 1, 1996. Plaintiffs' counsel, James Bopp, Jr., Bopp Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, Indiana, and William C. Porth, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, West Virginia, submit...

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