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MARTIN v. MABUS

Civ. A. Nos. J84-0708(B), J85-0960(B).

734 F.Supp. 1216 (1990)

Floydist James MARTIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ray MABUS, Governor of Mississippi, et al., Defendants. Henry KIRKSEY, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Ray MABUS, Governor of Mississippi, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

February 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Morris and Turnage, Cleveland, Miss., Julius L. Chambers, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, Robert B. McDuff, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., Pamela S. Karlan, NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund, Inc., New York City, Lynda C. Robinson, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

James Craig, Jackson, Miss., for Hinds County Democratic Executive Comm.

Charles H. Evans, Jackson, Miss., for Hinds County Repub. Ex. Comm.

Stephen J. Kirchmayr, Office of Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for State defendants.

Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Crosthwait Terney & Noble, Jackson, Miss., for State defendants and Yazoo County Election Comm.

Wiley J. Barbour, Henry Barbour & Decell, Yazoo City, Miss., for Yazoo County Republican Exec. Comm.

Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, Miss., Johnnie L. Walls, Jr., Walls Buck & Irving, Greenville, Miss., Samuel Issacharoff, Guerrieri Edmond James, University of Tx. Law School, Austin, Tex., for Kirksey, et al., plaintiffs.

Stephen L. Thomas, Mansour and Thomas, Greenville, Miss., Landman Teller, Jr., Teller Chaney & Rector, Vicksburg, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the Court on Motion of the consolidated Plaintiffs for an award of attorney's fees and litigation expenses pursuant to both Section 14(e) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973l (e), and the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The Defendant has responded to the Motion. The Court, having considered the Motion and response, together with...

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