Legal Opinion
Malachi Fields v. City of Tarpon Springs, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 1983No. 82-5744PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal contests an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 (“Fees Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1980), and The Revenue Sharing Act, 31 U.S.C. 1244 (1976), made by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. A discrimination action was filed against the City of Tarpon Springs in 1977 and voluntarily dismissed in 1981. The discrimination question was never litigated nor compromised. The lawsuit did not yield judicial relief. The district court nonetheless found that the lawsuit had been the catalyst for relief and found…
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