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GOODWIN v. METTS

Nos. 91-2518, 91-2523.

973 F.2d 378 (1992)

James Kenneth GOODWIN; Eddie Earl Hallman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James R. METTS, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lexington County, South Carolina; Vernon O. Maxwell, individually and in his official capacity as a Lexington County Deputy Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees, and Ralph Bishop, individually and d/b/a Bishop Salvage Company, Defendant. James Kenneth GOODWIN; Eddie Earl Hallman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James R. METTS, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lexington County, South Carolina; Vernon O. Maxwell, individually and in his official capacity as a Lexington County Deputy Sheriff, Defendants-Appellants, and Ralph Bishop, individually and d/b/a Bishop Salvage Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand Georges Derfner, Charleston, S.C., argued (Lex Rogerson, Lexington, S.C., Herbert W. Louthian, Louthian & Louthian, Columbia, S.C., John D. Delgado, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellants.

David Beam Summer, Jr., Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, Columbia, S.C., argued (Harold W. Jacobs, on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judges.

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

James Kenneth Goodwin and Eddie Earl Hallman appeal the district court order disallowing approximately fifty-percent (50%) of the fees claimed for Goodwin's and Hallman's attorneys pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1988). Appellee Vernon O. Maxwell cross-appeals, arguing that the district court erred in refusing to limit its award of attorneys' fees to a percentage of the damages recovered, as specified in Appellants...

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