Legal Opinion
Fred A. Cruz, and Mrs. Frances T. Freeman Cruz, Movant-Appellant v. W.B. "Bill" Hauck, Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1985No. 84-1119PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants successfully prosecuted a civil rights action and were subsequently awarded attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Thirty days after the district court signed the order awarding fees Plaintiffs filed a Supplemental Motion in which they sought attorney’s fees for the time spent defending the original fee claim. The district court denied the Supplemental Motion and this appeal followed. We vacate and remand.
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This ease recently observed its fifteenth birthday. The litigation began on May 4, 1970, when inmates of the Bexar County Jail filed a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Rita Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. The State of Mississippi, Defendants-Appellants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by68 opinions
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- United States v. Eleven Vehicles, Their Equipment and AccessoriesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Cobb v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Lawrence R. Alberti, Cross-Appellants v. Johnny Klevenhagen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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