COMMISSIONERS COURT OF MEDINA COUNTY, TEX. v. U.S.

No. 82-2416.

719 F.2d 1179 (1983)

COMMISSIONERS COURT OF MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, et al. v. UNITED STATES of America, Antonio Garcia, III, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Chachkin, Washington, D.C., with whom William L. Robinson, Washington, D.C., and Jose Garza, San Antonio, Tex., were on the brief, for appellants.

Keith Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., for appellees Com'rs Court of Medina County, Tex., et al.

Walter W. Barnett, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee, U.S.

Before MIKVA and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants seek review of the district court's second peremptory rejection of their application for attorneys' fees filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1973l (e) (1976) (authorizing fees to prevailing parties in litigation to enforce the voting guarantees of the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments). We vacated the district court's prior order denying the fee application because the district judge had given "determinative...

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