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TEXAS STATE TEACHERS, ASSOC. v. GARLAND INDEP. SCHOOL DIST.

No. 87-1221.

837 F.2d 190 (1988)

TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah Collins, John Rothchild, Robert H. Chanin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Earl Luna, Mary Milford, Law Offices of Earl Luna, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding challenges the district court's denial of a motion for an attorney's fees award in a case in which the appellants had partial success on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. We agree with the district court that the appellants were not "prevailing parties" and therefore are not eligible for an award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and we affirm.

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