WHITE v. CITY OF RICHMOND

Nos. 82-4591, 82-4592 and 82-4593.

713 F.2d 458 (1983)

Bobby Darnell WHITE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Henry L. ROYAL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Anthony EVANS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joann M. Swanson, Gary R. Siniscalco, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Stephen P. Berzon, Michael Rubin, Altshuler & Berzon, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KENNEDY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, Senior District Judge.


EAST, Senior District Judge:

The City of Richmond, California, appeals from an order requiring it to pay attorneys' fees in three civil rights cases, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988.1 We note jurisdiction and affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 1979 and 1980, twenty-seven black residents of the City of Richmond filed three civil rights actions against the City and other defendants. They alleged that the Richmond Police Department...

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