Legal Opinion
Inez Martin, Henri Mae King v. Margaret Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 1985No. 83-3058PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether plaintiffs are entitled to attorney’s fees against federal and state defendants pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 and *1148the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C.A. § 2412.
The district court, without passing upon whether the statutes would otherwise authorize attorney’s fees, refused to make such an award on the alternative grounds that the plaintiffs were not prevailing parties, special circumstances existed which would have made an award unjust, and co-counsel waived his right to…
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