SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
This case involves an award of attorneys' fees following what should have been the conclusion, at least with respect to proceedings in the federal courts, of a case already marred by a lengthy procedural history. We hold that the district court lacked authority to grant plaintiffs Marshall Huffman and Virginia Newton appeal-related fees and, in addition, erroneously failed to conduct an inquiry into the reasonableness of their fee application...
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