Legal Opinion
William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1980No. 79-1358PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
After entering an order of settlement and dismissal in a section 1983 civil rights claim, the district court awarded attorney’s fees to the plaintiff’s lawyer under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The merits are now composed, and the only issues presented are whether any attorney’s fee was warranted, and, if so, whether the fee awarded was excessive, as the state defendant contends, or inadequate, as the successful plaintiff’s lawyer claims, or within the trial court’s range of discretion, a middle course that is suggested…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Gagne v. MaherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by217 opinions
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- American Civil Liberties Union v. BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Helen Varnes v. Local 91, Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Serrano v. UnruhCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
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