Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Cross
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1984No. 83-1732PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellants appeal from the district court’s order, 562 F.Supp. 85, awarding them $1,500 in attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, rather than the $43,218.50 they requested.
In December 1977, West Helena, Arkansas police officers arrested the six appellants and others who were present at the picketing of a business place. The six appellants were tried in West Helena Municipal Court on charges of impeding traffic, but only one was convicted.
Thereafter the six appellants sued various West Helena officials under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 1985, alleging that their arrests violated their…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Perkins v. CrossDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1983
3Cited by21 opinions
- George Borunda and Richard Borunda v. Michael Richmond and Richard Way, Police Officers, City of SalinasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- McDonald v. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Orshan v. MacChiarolaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- Pontarelli v. StoneDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
- Pietrzyk v. Oak Lawn Pavilion, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2002
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