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CONCERNED DEMOCRATS OF FLORIDA v. RENO

No. 79-1652. Summary Calendar.

601 F.2d 891 (1979)

CONCERNED DEMOCRATS OF FLORIDA, and Edward Cohen, President of Concerned Democrats of Florida, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janet RENO, State Attorney of Dade County, Florida, and Jim Smith, Attorney General of Florida, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Wisotsky, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., for Hon. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen.

Before CLARK, GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-Appellants prevailed below in a civil rights suit in which they persuaded the district court to interfere by injunction with a portion of the Florida judicial selection plan forbidding partisan political organizations from endorsing judicial candidates. They sought an award of attorneys' fees for this advancement of the public interest at their private instance, but were rebuffed by a denial stating...

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