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VICKERMAN v. HENNEPIN COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Civ. Nos. 4-78-376, 4-78-153.

543 F.Supp. 165 (1982)

M. D. VICKERMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY PROBATE COURT, et al., Defendants. Edward William WILSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY PROBATE COURT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

May 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Messinger, Beverly Balos, Charles K. Dayton, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen. by Ellen C. Dubuque, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., and David E. Mikkelson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.

ORDER

MILES W. LORD, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action for attorneys' fees derives from a consolidated civil rights action brought by individuals subject to a civil commitment proceeding in Hennepin County on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated.1 The underlying litigation concerned violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiffs alleged the civil commitment process pursuant to Minn...

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