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CHARLES v. COLEMAN

Nos. 82-1518, 82-1537.

689 F.2d 774 (1982)

Rev. E. Z. CHARLES; Brinda Richard; Rev. I. J. Crawford; Pete Sims, Jr. and Beverly Dawson, Appellees, v. Herbert COLEMAN and Albert Porter, individually and in their official capacities as agents of the Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Appellants. Sharon Robinette, individually and in her official capacity as Director of the Division of Employment Development for the State of Arkansas. Rev. E. Z. CHARLES; Brinda Richard; Rev. I. J. Crawford; Pete Sims, Jr. and Beverly Dawson, Appellants, v. Herbert COLEMAN and Albert Porter, individually and in their official capacities as agents of the Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Sharon Robinette, individually and in her official capacity as Director of the Division of Employment Development for the State of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Smedley, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants-cross-appellees.

P. S. Hollingsworth, Sr., Ron Heller, Kaplan, Hollingsworth & Brewer, P. A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees-cross-appellants.

Mary B. Stallcup, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary Williams, Employment Sec. Div., Little Rock, Ark., for separate appellee Robinette.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The sole dispute in this case concerns the propriety of the district court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Because we cannot say the court abused its discretion in making the challenged award, we affirm.

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The litigation which underlies this appeal and cross-appeal, initiated in April of 1981, challenged an administrative decision to transfer funds granted...

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