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BROOKS v. GEORGIA STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 92-8152.

997 F.2d 857 (1993)

Tyrone BROOKS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS and Max Cleland, Secretary of State and Chairman of the Georgia State Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walbert & Herman, Carol Atha Cosgrove, Atlanta, GA, for defendants-appellants.

Laughlin McDonald, ACLU, Mary Wyckoff, Kathleen L. Wilde, Neil Bradley, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before EDMONDSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal and cross-appeal involve issues arising from the award of attorney's fees in connection with litigation involving Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act before a three-judge panel of the district court. The Georgia State Board of Elections and a state official, who were defendants in the litigation, appeal from the award of attorney's fees. They contend that the district court erred by including in compensable hours the time plaintiffs...

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