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DONOVAN, SECRETARY OF LABOR v. NICHOLS

No. 80-1568. Summary Calendar.

646 F.2d 190 (1981)

Raymond J. DONOVAN, SECRETARY of LABOR, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee NICHOLS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

May 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen H. Feldman, Andrea C. Casson, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kullman, Lang, Inman & Bee, Walter W. Christy, Stephen Rose, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, GARZA and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by plaintiff, the Secretary of Labor, from an order of the district court granting the motion of defendant Lee Nichols for summary judgment, and ordering the Secretary to pay Nichols' attorneys' fees. The Secretary appeals only from that portion of the district court's order that grants attorneys' fees.

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