Legal Opinion
Loranger v. Stierheim
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 1993No. 88-5179PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
William Loranger appeals from the district court’s orders denying his motion for recusal and awarding his attorney, Michael D. Ray, approximately five percent of the attorney fees requested under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s order denying Loranger’s motion for recusal but reverse the district court’s fee award.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This appeal arises out of a long-running dispute between Loranger and Dade County, Florida (the “County”), regarding a garden containing a hedge of 30' tall orange jasmine trees…
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