Barnett v. Bailey

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

This case is presently before the court on a motion for attorney’s fees made by the plaintiffs. The underlying suit claimed that Hart County, Georgia, officials failed to preclear an election plan with the United States Department of Justice as required by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. The plaintiffs’ complaint also alleged that members of the Democratic Party and Hart County government conspired to manipulate slates of candidates for the County’s old and new forms of government so that only those whom they supported would be elected, but…