Legal Opinion
Jon A. Jennings v. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and John Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1983No. 82-5510PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metro) and its deputy sheriff John Brewer (Brewer) appeal from the award of attorneys’ fees in this civil rights action. Appellee sued Metro and Brewer as well as a private individual named Steve T. Murpff 1 under the Civil Rights Act of 1870, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., for injuries sustained during a disturbance at the Metro workhouse. The lawsuit was settled between the parties before trial in two separate settlement agreements. In the first, Metro agreed to pay $2,000 to Jennings on…
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