Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Colbert County Commission
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 5, 2007No. Civil Action 2:87cv1186-MHT, 2:03cv1202-MHTPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The question before the court in these two consolidated voting-rights cases is whether plaintiff Loyd D. Fulmer is a “prevailing party” entitled to attorney’s fees from defendant Colbert County Commission because, according to Fulmer, although a change in state law rendered his complaints in these two cases moot, the new state law was a direct consequence of the filing of his complaints. For the reasons that follow, the court concludes that he is not.
I. BACKGROUND
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