Legal Opinion
Alvin DURRETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JENKINS BRICKYARD, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1982No. 81-7018PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Jenkins Brickyard, Inc., the defendant below, appeals the district court’s denial of an assessment of attorney’s fees against Alvin Durrett, the plaintiff below, and against Durrett’s counsel, David S. Beale. The district court erred by declining to assess fees against Durrett, and by testing Beale’s liability for fees by the wrong legal standard. We therefore remand the case for a determination of an appropriate assessment against Durrett, and for a hearing on Bea-le’s liability for attorney’s fees.
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On December 4,1979, Alvin Durrett filed a complaint in the district…
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