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ACORN v. WALLIS

No. 82-2512.

717 F.2d 451 (1983)

ACORN, Don Davis and Rev. Hosea Ward, Appellants, v. Mayor David WALLIS, Chief of Police Bobby Norman and The City of Pine Bluff, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Tolson, Jr., City Atty., Pine Bluff, Ark., and Gill, Skokos, Simpson, Buford & Owen, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Andrew Weltchek, Bachmann & Weltchek, New Orleans, La., Richard Quiggle, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

ACORN1 and two of its officers appeal the order of the district court denying their request for attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We affirm.

Appellants brought a civil rights action against various officials of the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, alleging that defendants had deprived them of equal protection and their first amendment rights by restricting an activity...

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