1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 624 F.2d
  5. 624 F.2d 1321 (1980)
 

HARRIS v. CITY OF FORT MYERS

No. 78-1958.

624 F.2d 1321 (1980)

Gloristeen HARRIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF FORT MYERS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian D. Clarkson, Tampa, Fla., Frank B. Watson, Jr., Fort Myers, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

David M. Lipman, Miami, Fla., Rosalind D. Gray, Washington, D. C., George E. Carr, Florida Rural Legal Services, Immokalee, Fla., William L. Robinson, Washington, D. C., for Gloristeen Harris.

Before TUTTLE, VANCE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The City of Fort Myers appeals from a judgment allowing attorney's fees to the plaintiffs in a civil rights class action suit which terminated in a consent judgment. Appellants concede for the purpose of this appeal that: (1) The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 applies to this case; (2) The circumstance that adjudication was by consent judgment does not per se preclude a finding that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases