Skip to main content

United States Eighth Circuit


Williams v. City of Carl Junction, 07-2704

An award of attorneys' fees to defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1988 is reversed where plaintiff's case presented colorable arguments which were not frivolous, unreasonable or without foundation.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 05/02/2008
  • Published 05/02/2008

Judges

  • BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Arthur Benson, argued, Jamie Kathryn Lansford, on the brief, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • David Lawrence Grebel, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.
Copied to clipboard