Legal Opinion
Dillard v. City of Greensboro
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 2000No. 99-6206PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Per curiam
The City of Greensboro, the defendant in this action under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 1 appeals an order awarding the plaintiffs attorney fees. The plaintiffs cross-appeal, seeking to increase the fee. We vacate and render judgment for a reduced fee.
I. Background
The plaintiffs here sued the town of Greensboro, Alabama (1990 population: 3047) on a claim that the City’s at-large system for electing city councilmembers violated § 2 by diluting votes cast by the City’s black citizens, who are a majority of the City's voting-age population. 2 Greensboro agreed to the entry of a consent decree…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by87 opinions
- Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Quigley v. WinterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Frazier v. Absolute Collection Service, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2011
- Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
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