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ARRIOLA v. HARVILLE

No. 84-2421.

781 F.2d 506 (1986)

Alfredo R. ARRIOLA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. T.L. HARVILLE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Sanders-Castro, MALDEF, Jose Garza, Jose Roberto Juarez, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., Morris J. Baller, Joaquin G. Avila, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Perkins, Oden, Warburton, McNeill & Adami, J.G. Adami, Alice, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Irving Gornstein, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Attys. Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.A., amicus.

Before GOLDBERG, JOLLY, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

We hold today that attorney's fees may not be awarded to prevailing plaintiffs under the Voting Rights Act for services rendered in preclearance submissions to the Attorney General under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.1 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. We therefore affirm the holding of the district court.

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In 1974 Jim Wells County in south central Texas...

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