United States Fifth Circuit

Homeowners who challenged a remedial order as unconstitutional were a prevailing party for the purposes of an attorneys' fees award within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. section 1988. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 11/21/2002

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and HUDSPETH , District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael P. Lynn, Eric Wolf Pinker, John Thomas Cox, III (argued), Russell James DePalma, Lynn, Tillotson & Pinker, Dallas, TX, for Appellants., Joseph G. Werner (argued), Debra Janece McComas, Aimee Michelle Minick, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Housing Authority of City of Dallas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael M. Daniel, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees and Smith.