Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Pentecost
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1996No. 95-60260PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an appeal and cross-appeal of a district court’s order awarding attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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This civil rights case began in 1978, when a group of prison inmates (hereinafter “plaintiffs”) in the Madison County Jail, Madison County, Mississippi, filed a class action lawsuit against Madison County and its officials (hereinafter “Madison County”), pursuant to Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The parties reached an interim consent judgment which included a variety of remedial measures and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bankers Trust Co. v. MallisSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hollis Watkins v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Walker v. U.S. Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Donna Patterson Nicholas Brown, and Michael L. Adams v. P.H.P. Healthcare Corporation Mark KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Riley v. City of Jackson, MSCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Scham v. District Courts Trying Criminal CasesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell v. Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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