Legal Opinion
David Brat v. Gloria Personhuballah
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 26, 2018No. 17-1389PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
The main question presented in this appeal is whether intervening defendants can be required to pay a portion of prevailing plaintiffs' attorneys fees and costs, awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (b) and 52 U.S.C. § 10310 (e), when the intervening defendants were not charged with any wrongdoing and could not be held liable for the relief that the plaintiffs sought.
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