JEFFERS v. CLINTON

No. 92-2903.

992 F.2d 826 (1993)

M.C. JEFFERS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Al Porter, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Evangeline Brown, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Clyde Collins, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Earl Foster, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Rev. Ellihue Gaylord, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Shirley M. Harvell, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Linda Shelby, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; J.C. Jeffries, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Joseph Perry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Clinton Richardson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; T.E. Patterson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Earnest Simpson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Brian Smith, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Charlie State-wright, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. Bill CLINTON, in his official capacity as Governor of Arkansas and chairman of The Arkansas Board of Apportionment; W.J. McCuen, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; Winston Bryant, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Arkansas and member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Humphries, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellants.

Perlesta A. Hollingsworth, Little Rock, AR (Don E. Glover, Dermott, AR, L.T. Simes of West Helena, AR, Julius LeVonne Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston and Dayna L. Cunningham, New York City, and Penda D. Hair, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In the present proceedings, appellants, in their official capacities, appeal the award of attorneys' fees for plaintiffs who successfully challenged the 1981 apportionment of the Arkansas legislature under the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. A three-judge district court awarded a total in attorneys' fees and expenses of $1,034,492 including an adjusted fifty percent enhancement over...

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