Legal Opinion
Charles Pharr v. Housing Authority of the City of Prichard, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 1983No. 81-7763PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue on this appeal is the amount of the attorney’s fee awarded by the district court.
The plaintiff brought this action alleging the Housing Authority violated his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 when it fired him from his position as executive director. The parties settled the day the trial was to begin. Plaintiff recovered $25,000 in back pay and damages and an interim salary of $4,000. The defendants also provided him with an administrative hearing after which they voted to reinstate the plaintiff to…
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