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WATKINS v. FORDICE

Civ. A. No. J92-0364(L).

852 F.Supp. 542 (1994)

Hollis WATKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Kirk FORDICE, Governor of Mississippi, et al., Defendants, The Standing Joint Legislative Committee On Reapportionment of The Mississippi Legislature et al., Defendants-Intervenors.

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

April 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah McDonald, Natchez, MS, Tomie T. Green, John L. Walker, Jr., Walker, Walker & Green, Jackson, MS, Carroll Edward Rhodes, Jazlehurst, MS, for plaintiffs.

Giles Wheeler Bryant, Mississippi Atty. General's Office, James L. Warren, III, Waycaster & Warren, Michael B. Wallace, Phelps Dunbar, William A. Alla, Hubbard T. Sauders, IV, Crosthwait, Terney, Noble & Allain, Daniel E. Lynn, U.S. Attorney's Office, Jackson, MS, for defendants.

Before BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge and TOM S. LEE and PICKERING, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Previously before this three-judge court for consideration was a motion by plaintiffs for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973l (e) and 1988. By memorandum opinion and order of October 29, 1992, the court concluded that for purposes of an attorneys' fees award, plaintiffs were the prevailing parties in this voting rights litigation. Watkins v. Fordice,

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