JOHNSON v. STATE OF MISS.

No. 78-3433. Summary Calendar.

606 F.2d 635 (1979)

Rita JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants-cross appellees.

Wynn & Bogen, Eugene M. Bogen, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross appellants.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJO-FLAT, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The district court attorney's fee award in this civil rights class action suit pleased neither party. Defendants argue on appeal that special circumstances made the award of an attorney's fee under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 unjust. Plaintiffs contend the award should be increased to reflect time spent litigating entitlement to fees and time spent prosecuting two appeals to this Court.

We conclude that the district court did not abuse its...

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