United States Eleventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from an alleged false arrest, the District Court's order awarding attorney's fees to Plaintiff is vacated, where the jury awarded only nominal damages, and plaintiffs in such matters should not be awarded attorney's fees except in exceptional circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2009
• Published 04/15/2009

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Travis Russell Wisdom, Auburn, AL, for Defendant-Appellant., H. Arthur Edge, III, Arthur Edge III, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.