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SUN PUB. CO., INC. v. MECKLENBURG NEWS, INC.

No. 86-2538.

823 F.2d 818 (1987)

SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., t/a The Sun, Appellant, v. MECKLENBURG NEWS, INC., t/a The News-Progress, a Virginia corporation; Keith A. Shelton; Douglas E. Loftis, Jr.; Halifax Gazette Publishing Co., Inc., Appellees, and The South Hill Publishing Co., Incorporated, t/a The South Hill Enterprise, a Virginia corporation; Frank L. Nanney, Jr.; Harry J. Nanney; Tucker W. McLaughlin; South Boston News, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Clarke (Clarke & Clarke, Kilmarnock, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Franklin M. Slayton (Slayton, Bennett & Rand, P.C., South Boston, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and KISER, United States District Judge, sitting by designation.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Sun Publishing Company, Inc. appeals from the district court's denial of its second supplemental petition for attorneys' fees. Sun Publishing contends that because the district court denied its petition without a detailed analysis, the case must be remanded to the district court for an explanation. Because we hold that a request for attorneys' fees, which is so exorbitant as to shock the conscience...

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