Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Kimbrough
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1981No. 78-2237PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Our previous opinion, reported at 620 F.2d 468 (5th Cir. 1980), is withdrawn and vacated and the following opinion is substituted in its place:
This is a jury discrimination case. Following this Court’s decision in Robinson v. Kimbrough, 558 F.2d 773 (5th Cir. 1977) (en banc), plaintiffs moved in the district court for an award of attorneys’ fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.1 The district court denied the motion, and plaintiffs appeal. Finding that the district court applied an incorrect test in evaluating…
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- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by97 opinions
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- Inez Martin, Henri Mae King v. Margaret HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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