Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Trotter
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided February 18, 1981No. 77-3482-NA-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, Chief Judge.
This is an action to determine the amount of attorney fees in the above-styled case. The defendant Vinson Thompson was determined to be liable for those fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in a memorandum and order entered on October 16, 1980. A hearing was held on November 26, 1980, to determine the amount of reasonable attorney fees.
At this hearing, defense counsel did not object to the number of hours expended by the plaintiff’s attorney and stipulated as to the reasonableness of the hourly rate charged. However, an objection to making the award was tendered on…
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