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NEELY v. CITY OF GRENADA

No. 78-1762.

624 F.2d 547 (1980)

Jasper NEELY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF GRENADA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Brookins, John L. Walker, Jackson, Miss., Ural B. Adams, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henry Arrington, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal, we once again must review an award of attorney's fees from the Northern District of Mississippi, 77 F.R.D. 484, in which the court used a maximum local rate. See Knighton v. Watkins, 616 F.2d 795 (5th Cir.1980). Since Knighton is quite similar to our case, we shall closely track Knighton's holding and reasoning.

We shall briefly here state the facts so as to put...

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