ELR Citation: ELR 20616
No(s). 85-6591 (9th Cir. Dec 3, 1987)

The court holds that a public interest law firm is entitled to a supplemental award of attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. §1988 and the common benefit doctrine for monitoring the implementation of a consent decree that resolved a challenge to the construction of a freeway in Los Angeles. The court first...