DOWDELL v. CITY OF APOPKA, FLA.

No. 78-47-Civ-Oc.

521 F.Supp. 297 (1981)

Faithy DOWDELL, Bobby Ann Barnes, Willie L. Nelson (Freeman), Eddie Lee Wynn, Lafayette Dowdell, Johnnie Bridges, Freddie L. Howard, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF APOPKA, FLORIDA; John H. Land, Mayor of the City of Apopka, Florida; Alonzo Williams, Jr., Richard Mark, Bill Aerosmith, and Jeanette Robinson, Council members of the City of Apopka, Florida, their successors and agents, in their official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Ocala Division.

August 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Lipman, Miami, Fla., Rosalind Gray, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Johnie A. McLeod, Apopka, Fla., for defendants.


CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

OPINION

This cause came on for hearing July 27, 1981, to consider the motion of plaintiffs for an award of attorneys' fees and costs.1

Plaintiffs, a class of black residents of the City of Apopka, Florida, commenced this action against the above-named defendants seeking injunctive relief to remedy the effects of alleged discrimination in the provision of municipal services to inhabitants...

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