Legal Opinion
Mildred and Caleb Davis v. Elijah Fletcher, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1979No. 78-2895PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal challenges an award of attorney’s fees entered without a written evaluation by the court of the factors supporting the award. We remand for the limited purpose of permitting the district court to give reasons for allowing the amount awarded, expressed in compliance with our opinion in Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir. 1974).
The plaintiffs, Mildred and Caleb Davis, two migrant farm workers, won a joint $6,695.40 non-jury judgment against Elijah Fletcher, Jr., a farm labor contractor, for violations of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Adam BAXTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAVANNAH SUGAR REFINING CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- American Benefit Life Insurance v. BaddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Rosezella Cook v. Ochsner Foundation Hospital, Methodist Hospital and East Jefferson General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Caldo Mares and Sally Mares, His Wife v. Credit Bureau of Raton, and Janet Yarbrough, Individually, and in Her Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Mrs. Althea ANTHONY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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