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JORDAN v. CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISS.

No. 86-4001.

808 F.2d 1114 (1987)

David JORDAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. NORTH MISSISSIPPI RURAL LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Hill, Hill & Lewis, Oxford, Miss., for movant-appellant.

Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Greenwood, Miss., pro se.

Billy B. Bowman, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RANDALL, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This class action, initiated in 1977, has succeeded in restructuring the city government of Greenwood, Mississippi. All that remains is to divide the attorneys' fees awarded pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The claimants are the attorney primarily responsible for the case, Willie Perkins, and his former employer North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc. (NMRLS). We agree with NMRLS that the district court erred in awarding most of the...

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