DOE v. BUSBEE

No. 81-7017.

684 F.2d 1375 (1982)

Jane DOE, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Jacob D. Adams, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George D. BUSBEE, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie B. Manis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Elizabeth J. Appley, Margie Pitts Hames, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before INGRAHAM, HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellants George D. Busbee, et al. bring this appeal from an award of attorney's fees to appellees Jane Doe, et al. under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 (West 1981). Appellees were originally successful in obtaining injunctive and declaratory relief in the district court. While the case was on appeal, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down two opinions that effectively...

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