IN RE CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 84-2389.

745 F.2d 925 (1984)

In re CITY OF HOUSTON, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Fisher, Jerry E. Smith, Charles M. Williams, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

George J. Korbel, Jesse Ray Botello, San Antonio, Tex., Craig Washington, Houston, Tex., for Moses Leroy & Greater Houston Council.

Frumencio Reyes, Houston, Tex., for Sidney Braquet.

L.A. Greene, Jr., Houston, Tex., for respondents.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The City of Houston petitions for mandamus ordering Judge Gabrielle McDonald to recuse herself from the post-trial setting of attorneys' fees in a voting rights class action in which she was a member of the class. We deny the writ.

I. CASE HISTORY

In December 1973, a group of private plaintiffs brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas against the City of Houston and certain city officials...

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