Legal Opinion
Albert L. Lipscomb v. Mayor Wes Wise, Frank P. Hernandez and George Solaris, Intervenors-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1981No. 80-1865PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
The district court awarded attorney’s fees to two public service agencies and three individual lawyers, all of whom represented plaintiffs or intervenors. It denied fees to two lawyers who represented one group of intervenors at an early stage of this lengthy proceeding. 1 These lawyers appeal. We find that they have standing to appeal, but tljat the district court acted within its discretion in concluding that the intervenors were not prevailing parties at the time when or on the issues regarding which they were represented by the appellant lawyers and we, therefore, affirm.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Linda RS v. Richard D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by32 opinions
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