REID v. WILSON BOTTLING CORP.

No. 88-102.

537 So.2d 177 (1989)

Stanley REID, Appellant, v. WILSON BOTTLING CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Feldman & Levy, Donald M. Papy, Miami, for appellant.

Bare & Parsons and Samuel L. Bare, III, Miami, David P. Dittmar, Coconut Grove, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff Stanley Reid from a final order denying his motion for attorney's fees after a jury verdict was rendered in his favor in a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1983). We reverse the order under review based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.

First, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1983) provides in relevant part that "[i]n any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of section[] 1981 ..., the...

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