ROBINSON v. KIMBROUGH

No. 78-2237.

652 F.2d 458 (1981)

Julia ROBINSON, Willie D. Rutledge, Willie James Brown, Nancy Scott, Otis Curry, George Copeland, Gloria A. Brown, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated; and Harris County Civil League, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William H. KIMBROUGH, James McMichael, Homer A. Page, H. S. Taylor, Steve M. Waddle, individually and as Jury Commissioners of Harris County, Georgia, and all their agents, employees and successors in interest, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Christopher Coates, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Champion & Champion, F. L. Champion, Jr., Columbus, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, POLITZ and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Our previous opinion, reported at 620 F.2d 468 (5th Cir. 1980), is withdrawn and vacated and the following opinion is substituted in its place:

This is a jury discrimination case. Following this Court's decision in Robinson v. Kimbrough, 558 F.2d 773 (5th Cir. 1977) (en banc), plaintiffs moved in the district court for an award of attorneys' fees under...

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