Legal Opinion
Chicano Police Officer's Ass'n v. Stover
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1980No. 78-1591PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were plaintiffs in a consolidated civil rights action that was settled before trial. After the settlement plaintiffs moved for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988 and 2000e-5(k). The court denied the motion, stating that the stipulated judgment did not specify a prevailing party and did not provide for payment of attorney’s fees. This appeal followed.
There are three issues we must resolve on appeal: (1) what is the standard for reviewing the trial court’s action under these two statutes; (2) whether plaintiffs are a “prevailing party”…
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