CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the district court's award of $4,000 in attorney's fees to the defendant pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Because the district court abused its discretion in making the award, we reverse.
I.
The litigation underlying the fee award arose out of the alleged discriminatory treatment which the plaintiffs received in their attempt to purchase the defendant's mobile trailer home. Because the merits of this litigation...
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