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REEVES v. HARRELL

No. 85-8717.

791 F.2d 1481 (1986)

James REEVES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James B. HARRELL, et al., Intervenors-Appellees, v. Ray WILKES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Steele, Jr., Linda Mabry, Macon, Ga., for Reeves, et al.

Charles R. Adams III, Cynthia T. Adams, Ft. Valley, Ga., for Harrell.

O. Hale Almand, Jr., Susan S. Cole, Macon, Ga., for Wilkes.

Before HILL and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 7, 1986.

HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises novel issues growing out of the efforts of a group of civil rights plaintiffs to secure an award of attorney's fees after their successful defense of a consent decree. After a careful review of the briefs, the record and the relevant case law, we conclude that the district court erred in denying the plaintiffs attorney's fees against the intervenors and...

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