FOX v. PARKER

No. 78-1613.

626 F.2d 351 (1980)

John Christopher FOX, Appellee, v. W. F. PARKER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McManus, Arlington, Va. (Lewis, Wilson, Lewis & Jones, Ltd., Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Gwendolyn Jo M. Carlberg, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and HOUCK, District Judge.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

W. F. Parker appeals from a district court order awarding attorney fees to the appellee John Fox pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Act). Upon consideration of the briefs, the oral arguments and the record, we affirm the district court in part, vacate in part and remand the case with instructions.

In November 1975, Fox instituted an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which he alleged that Parker...

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