Spokane County Legal Services, Inc., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates v. The Legal Services Corporation, Spokane County Legal Services, Inc., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates v. The Legal Services Corporation

614 F.2d 662 SPOKANE COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. SPOKANE COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Ben Franklin Legal Aid Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-3200, 77-3179. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 28, 1980. William Fremming Nielsen and Joseph F. Valente (argued), Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees; Hamblen, Gilbert & Brooke, P. S., Spokane, Wash., on brief. Robert H. Whaley (argued), for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant, Winston & Cashatt, Repsold, McNichols, Connelly & Driscoll, Spokane, Wash., on brief. Neil Haight, Steven L. Bunch, Montana Legal Services Ass'n, Helena, Mont., on brief, amicus curiae. Theodore R. Mitchell, Daniel H. MacMeekin, Robert L. Keogh, Micronesian Legal Services Corp., Saipan, Mariana Islands, on brief, amicus curiae. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before COWEN, * Senior Judge, TRASK and HUG, Circuit Judges. COWEN, Senior Judge: 1 This case is before the court on…