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Attorney Fees for Consent Decree Enforcement
Loaded on March 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1996, page 13
The ninth circuit court of appeals partially reversed a district court ruling that use of 37mm gas guns was not appropriate for use on mentally ill prisoners and it affirmed an award of some $200,000 in attorney fees in monitoring a consent decree but reversed as to attorney fees claimed …
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Attorney Client,
Shootings,
Appeals,
Consent Decrees,
Mental Health.
Location:
California.
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