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JEFFERS v. CLINTON

No. H-C-89-004.

776 F.Supp. 465 (1991)

M.C. JEFFERS, Al Porter, Evangeline Brown, Clyde Collins, O.C. Duffy, Earl Foster, the Rev. Ellihue Gaylord, Shirley M. Harvell, Linda Shelby, J.C. Jeffries, Lavester McDonald, Joseph Perry, Clinton Richardson, T.E. Patterson, Earnest Simpson, Brian Smith, and Charlie Statewright, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bill CLINTON, in his Official Capacity as Governor of Arkansas and Chairman of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; W.J. McCuen, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of State of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; and Steve Clark, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, E.D.

Decided October 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don E. Glover, Dermott, Ark., P.A. Hollingsworth, Hollingsworth Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., Olly Neal, Jr., Wilson, Bell & Neal, Marianna, Ark., L.T. Simes, II, Simes & Associates, West Helena, Ark., Penda D. Hair, Washington, D.C., Julius L. Chambers, Sherrilyn Ifill, Dayna L. Cunningham, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Inc., New York City, Sheila Y. Thomas, NAACP Legal Defense Inc., Washington, D.C., Donna L. Dennis, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, Kathleen Bell, Wilson & Associates, Helena, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Phil W. Campbell, Paula Jamell Storeygard, Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., North Little Rock, Ark., for intervenors-plaintiffs.

Frank J. Wills, III, Atty. General's Office, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, EISELE, Senior District Judge, and HOWARD, District Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

We have before us plaintiffs' final motion for attorneys' fees and expenses. Over two years ago the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit challenging the apportionment of the General Assembly of Arkansas. They argued that the redrawing of legislative districts after the 1980 census violated the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. After a twelve-day trial, the Court found that the plaintiffs...

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