Legal Opinion
John A. Flowers, Sr. v. Jefferson Hospital Association, Doing Business as Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1995No. 94-1489PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
John A. Flowers, Sr., appeals the District Court’s1 award of over $50,000 in attorney’s *392fees to Jefferson Hospital Association (“Hospital”). Concluding that the District Court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees to the prevailing defendant, we affirm.
I
Flowers, an African-American male, alleged that the Hospital denied his application for staff privileges because of his race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1988), and that the Hospital’s decision constituted a breach of contract under Arkansas law. The District Court granted summary judgment on the contract claim but…
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