WEISENBERGER v. HUECKER

Nos. 78-3008, 78-3009, 78-3012, 78-3013 and 78-3018.

593 F.2d 49 (1979)

Marianne WEISENBERGER, Elizabeth Milburn, Ronald Dellinger, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Gail S. HUECKER, Daniel Tierney, C. Lester Dawson (now Peter Conn), Secretary of the Kentucky Department for Human Resources, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Riley, Gen. Counsel, Ann T. Hunsaker, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept. For Human Resources, Frankfort, Ky., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Henry B. Hinton, Jr., Lawrence S. Elswit, Legal Aid Society of Louisville, Inc., Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants in Nos. 78-3008, 78-3009 and 78-3018.

Lawrence S. Elswit, Legal Aid Society of Louisville, Inc., Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants in Nos. 78-3012, 78-3013 and 78-3018.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Circuit Judge, and WEICK and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, administrators of the Kentucky welfare and unemployment insurance programs, appeal from an award of attorney's fees in three cases arising from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Plaintiffs have cross-appealed in two of the cases from the district court's denial of attorney's fees for legal services performed in pursuit of fees. These appeals present three basic issues: whether the district...

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