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ISLAMIC CENTER OF MISS., INC. v. CITY OF STARKVILLE, MISS.

No. 88-4530.

876 F.2d 465 (1989)

ISLAMIC CENTER OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur O. Colom, Columbus, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dolton W. McAlpin, Lydia Quarles, Starkville, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, KING and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The prevailing plaintiff in a civil-rights case contends that the district court abused its discretion when, in computing the lodestar for the award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, it set the attorneys' hourly rates at less than the amounts they usually charge other clients, and refused to enhance the lodestar calculated on this basis either for contingency or delay in receipt of payment. We affirm the judgment in part...

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