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RILEY v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISS.

No. 96-60197, Summary Calendar.

99 F.3d 757 (1996)

John J. RILEY, American Family Radio, a division of American Family Association, Inc., and USA Radio Network, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, Jimmy L. Wilson, Chief of Police, and Gwen Harmon, Public Information Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Crampton, Bruce Wayne Green, American Family Association Law Center, Tupelo, MS, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William Alexander Gowan, Jr., Hugh Wilton Tedder, Jr., Office of the City Attorney for the City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, for City of Jackson, Mississippi, defendant-appellee.

Before JONES, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Following settlement of the Appellants civil rights cause of action brought against the Appellees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the district court, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, awarded Appellants $2,829.87 in attorneys' fees on a fee application requesting over $86,000. The Appellants appealed the district court's award. Finding that the district court abused its discretion, we reverse and remand, instructing the lower court in...

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