Legal Opinion
Lawrence R. Alberti, Cross-Appellants v. Johnny Klevenhagen, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1990No. 88-2570PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an interim award of attorneys’ fees to James Oitzinger and Gerald Birnberg pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for work performed in the first fifteen years of this suit testing conditions in the Harris County jail, filed in 1972 and still pending. The district court awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of $1,526,-090.79 to Oitzinger and in the amount of $536,509.30 to Birnberg. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
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On August 14, 1972, several lawyers filed this suit against members of the Harris County Commissioners Court and…
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