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JENNINGS v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE

No. 82-5510.

715 F.2d 1111 (1983)

Jon A. JENNINGS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE and Davidson County and John Brewer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Wheeler, Jr., William F. Howard (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

Patrick O'Rourke, Madison, Tenn., Joseph H. Johnston, Robert Belton [lead] (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KEITH and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WEICK, Senior Circuit Judge.

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metro) and its deputy sheriff John Brewer (Brewer) appeal from the award of attorneys' fees in this civil rights action. Appellee sued Metro and Brewer as well as a private individual named Steve T. Murpff1 under the Civil Rights Act of 1870, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., for injuries sustained during a disturbance at the...

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