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PERKINS v. MOBILE HOUSING BD.

No. 86-7744.

847 F.2d 735 (1988)

Jeanette PERKINS, on behalf of herself and all persons similarly situated, Annette Petite and Kizzie Leatherwood, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. MOBILE HOUSING BOARD, James Alexander, individually and in his capacity as Executive Director of Mobile Housing Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Carr, IV, Legal Services Corp. of Alabama, Ishmael Jaffree, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Collins, Galloway & Smith, Thomas M. Galloway, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAY, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and FORRESTER, District Judge.

FORRESTER, District Judge:

In this case we are asked to consider whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding attorney's fees at the conclusion of this class action. After oral argument and a review of the parties' briefs and the record, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

HISTORY OF THE CASE

Three tenants of public housing in Mobile, represented by attorneys of the Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, brought this...

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