United States Fifth Circuit

Where $100,000 award to plaintiff was vacated and remanded for entry of a judgment of nominal damages in the amount of $1.00, that part of the judgment that formed the basis for granting attorney's fees was vacated, and relief from award of attorney's fees under Rule 60(b)(5) was appropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2002
• Published 03/26/2002

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Paul Bullock,Bullock & Johnson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Murphy J. Foster, III, Melissa Morse Shirley, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.