Maria Carlota Garcia v. Ramiro M. Guerra

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal from the district court’s denial of their request for attorney’s fees made under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973Z(e) and the Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.1 Finding that appellants meet the requirements of a “prevailing party” set out in Williams v. Leatherbury, 672 F.2d 549 (5th Cir.1982), as against appellees Hidalgo County and Ramiro M. Guerra, but not as against the appellee school districts, we affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

I. FACTS

Appellants, Mexican-Ameriean…