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· 10/21/1982

Johnny L. Spain v. Louis Mountanos, and Kenneth Cory, Controller, of the State of California

Citations

  • 690 F.2d 742
  • 35 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 658
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 24654

How courts have described this case

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  • “[I]t would be anomalous to permit the State in effect to reduce the award by withholding payment for a considerable time”
  • \[A] state cannot frustrate the intent of section 1988 by setting up state law barriers to block enforcement of an attorney's fees award.\

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Judges: Goodwin, Fletcher, Poole

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