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HARTMAN v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY

No. 96-0596.

208 Wis.2d 552 (1997)

561 N.W.2d 768

Judy HARTMAN and Ronald Delap, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Winnebago County Board of Supervisors, Winnebago County Social Services Board, and the Winnebago County Department of Social Services, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jeff Scott Olson of Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of John E. Thiel and Rebecca L. Kent of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. of Oshkosh.

Before Snyder, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.

ANDERSON, J.

Judy Hartman and others (collectively, Hartman) in this class action suit appeal from an order denying their motion for an award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The circuit court determined that Hartman was not entitled to attorney's fees because they had not demonstrated that they were "prevailing parties" in this suit and because their motion for attorney's fees was untimely. We conclude that Winnebago County and others (collectively...

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