Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Collins
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 30, 1978No. CV475-72PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES
ORDER ON MOTION OF PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL FOR AWARD OF FEES FOR OPPOSING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
LAWRENCE, District Judge.
Having denied plaintiff’s motion for new trial in this civil rights action involving the death of a prisoner of the State of Georgia, I take up defendants’ motion for award of attorney’s fees in defending the suit and the counter motion of plaintiff’s counsel for attorney’s fees in resisting what he characterizes as “patently frivolous” and an “attempt to mislead the Court.”
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The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Act of 1976…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Flora v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. Second National Bank of North MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Duffy v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
- Reazin v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1987
- State v. DieringerWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
- Ohland v. City of MontpelierDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1979
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