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WATKINS v. FORDICE

No. 92-7764.

7 F.3d 453 (1993)

Hollis WATKINS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. Kirk FORDICE, Governor of the State of Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, Deborah A. McDonald, Natchez, MS, John L. Walker, Walker, Walker & Green, John Parker, Jackson, MS, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for defendants-appellees Governor and State of MS.

Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Champ Terney, Bill Allain, Crosthwait, Terney, Noble & Allain, Jackson, MS, for defendants-appellees Standing Joint Legislative Com'n et al.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Black citizens of Mississippi (Appellants) complain on appeal that the three-judge district court erred in calculating the amount of attorneys' fees it awarded them under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973l(e), and the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 (West Supp.1993). Mississippi officials1 (the State) argue on cross-appeal that Appellants did not...

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