BARNETT v. BAILEY

No. 88-53-ATH(DF).

753 F.Supp. 949 (1990)

John BARNETT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Geraldine G. BAILEY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Athens Division.

December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ray Nicholson, John Jay McArthur, Nicholson & McArthur, P.A., Athens, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Ridgway, Hartwell, Ga., E. Freeman Leverett, Heard, Leverett & Phelps, Elberton, Ga., Walter James Gordon, Hartwell, Ga., W. Grover Dudley, Hartwell, Ga., for defendants.


FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

This case is presently before the court on a motion for attorney's fees made by the plaintiffs. The underlying suit claimed that Hart County, Georgia, officials failed to preclear an election plan with the United States Department of Justice as required by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. The plaintiffs' complaint also alleged that members of the Democratic Party and Hart County government conspired to manipulate...

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