McGOWAN v. KING, INC.

No. 81-4005 Summary Calendar.

661 F.2d 48 (1981)

Melvin McGOWAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Brookins, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kenneth G. Stamps, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The adequacy of an award of attorney's fees, like many other decisions that cannot be made with formulaic precision, rests on the sound discretion of the trial judge. We do not make this precept mere cant by petty interference with the exercise of that discretion. When, however, the trial judge's decision so far transgresses the bounds of informed judgment as to be manifestly unsound, we are...

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