NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, plaintiffs in the action below, appeal from a district court order awarding $5,000 in attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (Supp. IV 1980) for services rendered by their attorney, the American Civil Liberties Union, in proceedings (1) to enforce compliance with a final judgment by way of contempt and (2) to modify that judgment. In determining the fee award, the district court considered two factors that are improper considerations...
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