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NISBY v. COMMISSIONERS COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 85-2134.

798 F.2d 134 (1986)

Cleveland NISBY and Hattie West, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONERS COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Daniel, Elizabeth K. Julian, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ann Clarke Snell, Steve Bickerstaff, Austin, Tex., Gilbert I. Low, Lavon Jones, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HINOJOSA, District Judge.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants' counsel successfully guided the appellants' Voting Rights Act case to victory, and appellants filed a request for attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. This appeal challenges the adequacy of the fee award. Because the district court did not state its reasons for the fee award in accordance with the requirements of Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714

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