PAXTON v. UNION NAT. BANK

Nos. 86-1354, 86-1360.

806 F.2d 785 (1986)

Melvin PAXTON, Jr., v. UNION NATIONAL BANK, a corporation, Appellee, Katrina Terry, Phyllis Mosley, Jerry Riley and George Spann (Intervenors Below), John W. Walker and Ralph Washington, Appellants. Melvin PAXTON, Jr., v. UNION NATIONAL BANK, a corporation, Appellee, Katrina Terry, Phyllis Mosley, Jerry Riley and George Spann (Intervenors Below), P.A. Hollingsworth, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., for Walker and Washington.

Janet L. Pulliam, Little Rock, Ark., for Hollingsworth.

Stephen W. Jones, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

John W. Walker, Ralph Washington and Perlesta A. Hollingsworth appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding them attorneys' fees for services rendered in the district court. They contend that the fees are inadequate and that the district court did not follow the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983), in making its...

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