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SMITH v. SMYTHE-CRAMER CO.

No. 83-3466.

754 F.2d 180 (1985)

Dr. William A. SMITH; and Mrs. Betty Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SMYTHE-CRAMER COMPANY; L.B. McKelvey, as President of Smythe-Cramer Company; Barbara Davis, Individually and as Agent of Smythe-Cramer Company; William J. Schuldt; and Dorothy Schuldt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avery S. Friedman (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henry DuLaurence (argued) [McKelvey, Davis & Smythe-Cramer] Branka A. Snajdar-Mismas, Sheldon Stein, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Janet E. Labella, Bruce S. Gelber, Nat. Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Nat. Committee Against Discrimination.

Before EDWARDS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants appeal from the order of the district court assessing against them their opponents' attorneys fees after granting a directed verdict to defendants-appellees. This case requires us to review the standards for awarding attorneys fees to prevailing defendants in actions to enforce civil rights laws.

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Plaintiffs, Dr. William and Mrs. Betty Smith, a black couple, brought this fair housing action pursuant to...

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