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DONNELL v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-1471, 81-1545.

682 F.2d 240 (1982)

Clyde R. DONNELL, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America. Clyde R. DONNELL, et al. v. UNITED STATES of America, Eddie Thomas, Sr., et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Braddock, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, pro hac vice by special leave of the Court, Vicksburg, Miss., and George C. Cochran, for Donnell, et al., appellants in No. 81-1471 and cross-appellees in No. 81-1545. Douglas C. Herbert, Jr. and F. Joseph Nealon, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for Donnell, et al.

Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., with whom William L. Robinson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Eddie Thomas, Sr., et al., appellees in No. 81-1471 and cross-appellants in No. 81-1545.

Walter W. Barnett, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee, United States of America.

Before TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and GESELL, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court's award of $73,669.88 in attorneys' fees to appellees, defendant-intervenors below in a suit under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.1 Appellants challenge the intervenors' entitlement to any fees at all, as well as the court's particular determinations in calculating ...

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