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ROBINSON v. KIMBROUGH

No. 78-2237.

620 F.2d 468 (1980)

Julia ROBINSON, Willie D. Rutledge, Willie James Brown, Nancy Scott, Otis Curry, George Copeland, Gloria A. Brown, Individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated; and Harris County Civic League, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William H. KIMBROUGH, James McMichael, Homer A. Page, H. S. Taylor, Steve M. Harris, and Howard M. Waddle, Individually and as Jury Commissioners of Harris County, Georgia, and all their agents, employees and successors in interest, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, H. Christopher Coates, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Champion & Champion, F. L. Champion, Jr., Columbus, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, POLITZ and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a jury discrimination case. At issue on this appeal is the order of the district court denying plaintiffs an award of attorneys' fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Award Act of 1976 (the Act).1 Under the Act, prevailing plaintiffs should recover reasonable attorneys' fees for vindicating the public's interest in an end to discrimination unless special circumstances render an award unjust...

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