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HEATH v. BROWN

No. 86-1253.

807 F.2d 1229 (1987)

John HEATH and Joyce Thomas, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellant, and Weegail Washington, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Chief A.J. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant and Lee R. Caughron, J.E. Tywater, and the City of Fort Worth, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Henderson, Asst. City Atty., Wade Adkins, City Atty., Janet Peason, Karen Anderson, Asst. City Attys., Fort Worth, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Don Gladden, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG, and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The City of Fort Worth and several of its officials and police officers appeal from a $15,000 award of attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We vacate and remand the case because the district court did not determine whether the plaintiffs prevailed on their federal claims.

I.

Plaintiffs John Heath and Joyce Thomas were arrested on separate occasions in 1976 and early 1977 by City of Fort Worth police officers for violating the...

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