1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 646 F.2d
  5. 646 F.2d 147 (1981)
 

ROBINSON v. RITCHIE

No. 80-1171.

646 F.2d 147 (1981)

Kate O. ROBINSON, Nelson L. Tench, Mrs. Nelson L. Tench, C. J. Price, Virginia Maddra, Apul Moore, Lula Abernathy, each individually and as representatives of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. Robert RITCHIE, individually and as Chairman of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority; John H. Clements, individually and as Co-Chairman of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority; John W. Scarborough, individually and as a member of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority; Frank N. Hale, individually and as a member of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority; T. J. Leftwich, individually and as a member of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority and the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; M. G. Rainey, Jr., individually and as a member of the Dinwiddie County Water Authority; Grace S. Bennett, Jr., individually and as Chairman of the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; Milton J. Hargrave, Jr., individually and as a member of the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Strother Smith, III, Abingdon, Va., for appellants.

Patricia H. Schwarzschild, Richmond, Va. (Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Howard Feller, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Kate O. Robinson and other named plaintiffs in this class action appeal the district court's award against them of attorneys' fees. Because the district court made no finding that the plaintiffs acted in bad faith, we vacate the district court's judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

This action was brought in an attempt to obtain declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief...

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