Legal Opinion
Bly v. McLeod
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1979No. 77-2371PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The state defendants appeal from the district court’s order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to plaintiffs as prevailing parties pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 14(e) as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 19737(e),1 *136and Federa] Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d).2 We reverse.
The plaintiffs, a group of chemistry professors who planned to be out of the state on election day attending a professional convention, applied for absentee ballots to vote in the 1972 Democratic primary. Their applications were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Marvin W. BROWN, Appellant, v. GASTON COUNTY DYEING MACHINE COMPANY, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Bonnes v. LongCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Smith v. University of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Victoria Posada v. Lamb County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Joseph N. Grano, Jr. v. Marion S. Barry, Mayor, District of Columbia, Oliver T. Carr, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Doe v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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