GARCIA v. GUERRA

No. 83-2318.

744 F.2d 1159 (1984)

Maria Carlota GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ramiro M. GUERRA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raul Noriega, TX Rural Legal Aid, Inc., San Antonio, Tex., Jose R. Rodriguez, Director, Farm Worker Div., Laurence E. Norton, II, Weslaco, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George P. Powell, McAllen, Tex., for Progreso.

Robert L. Galligan, Weslaco, Tex., for Weslaco.

Travis Hiester, Michael Mills, McAllen, Tex., for Hidalgo.

Before RANDALL, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 10, 1984.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal from the district court's denial of their request for attorney's fees made under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973l(e) and the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.1 Finding that appellants meet the requirements of a "prevailing party" set out in Williams v...

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