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PERKINS v. CROSS

No. 83-1732.

728 F.2d 1099 (1984)

Rev. P.L. PERKINS, Rev. C.W. Gilcreast, Will Colier, Will Rodgers, Betty Jakes and Jessie Jakes, Appellants, v. James T. CROSS, Clyde Murphy, Ed Werne, Charles Weaver, Bill Chapman and Bob Chisnoll, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaplan, Hollingsworth, & Brewer, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., L.T. Simes, West Helena, Ark., for appellants.

Ralph C. Murray, City Atty., West Helena, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The appellants appeal from the district court's order, 562 F.Supp. 85, awarding them $1,500 in attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, rather than the $43,218.50 they requested.

In December 1977, West Helena, Arkansas police officers arrested the six appellants and others who were present at the picketing of a business place. The six appellants were tried in West Helena Municipal Court on charges of impeding...

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