Legal Opinion
Walker v. U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1996No. 95-10817PublishedCited by 296 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The City of Dañas (“Dañas”) appeals the award of attorneys’ fees in an ongoing desegregation action. We affirm in part, modify in part, and remand for entry of a revised fee order.
I
In 1985, the plaintiffs filed a class action against the Dañas Housing Authority (“DHA”) aüeging that it followed a pofiey of consciously segregating its pubfic housing. Eventually, the parties entered into a consent decree (the “1987 Decree”) aimed at remedying the discrimination. . DHA violated the 1987 Decree almost immediately, and Utigation to enforce fofiowed. By 1990, the…
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