Legal Opinion
Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1980No. 79-3996PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from a class action challenging conditions at the Duval County, Florida jail. In an earlier decision we affirmed the district court’s award to plaintiffs of interim attorneys’ fees and costs through April 30, 1975, and its decision on the merits. Miller v. Carson, 563 F.2d 741 (5th Cir. 1977). In that case plaintiffs succeeded in securing wide reaching changes in the conditions of inmate confinements at the jail. We now address a challenge to the trial court’s subsequent award of attorneys’ fees and costs on appeal from June 30,1975 through May 3, 1979…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Walker v. U.S. Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Dowdell v. City of ApopkaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- McDonald v. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Garrity v. SununuCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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