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ACLU OF GEORGIA v. BARNES

No. 98-8075.

168 F.3d 423 (1999)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA; The Aids Survival Project; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Roy BARNES; in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Georgia; and Thurbert E. Baker, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Formby, Asst. Atty. Gen., David A. Runnion, Christopher P. Galanek, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Gerald Weber, James S. McClain, Atlanta, GA, Christopher A. Hansen, Ann Beeson, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before COX, CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

After prevailing in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action to enjoin enforcement of a Georgia statute, the plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1988 application for attorney fees and expenses. They sought a total of $238,866.49, and the district court entered an order awarding them that full amount plus an unexplained excess of $810.65. The defendants, the Governor and Attorney General of Georgia, appeal the order.

We conclude that the district...

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