WILLIAMS v. CITY OF FAIRBURN, GA.

No. 82-8081.

702 F.2d 973 (1983)

Shelvia WILLIAMS, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kutak, Rock & Huie, Laura Matlaw Murphy, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Robert L. Connelly, Jr., Myron Kramer, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Glaze, McNally & Glaze, Kirby Glaze, Steven M. Fincher, Jonesboro, Ga., for Turner, Green, Howell, Engram, Entrekin, Farr, Shellnut, Smith, and The City of Fairburn, Ga.

Before TJOFLAT and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

The former Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded this case to the district court for a determination of the proper amount of reasonable attorney's fees. Upon remand, the district court awarded less than one-fourth the requested fees. We affirm in part and remand the case to the district court to further award fees and costs.

Shelvia A. Williams, appellant, participated in the section 8 housing program provided by the Fulton County...

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