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Gilbert v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Jan 27, 1989
867 F.2d 1062 (8th Cir. 1989)

Summary

affirming by an equally divided court the order of the district court awarding expert witness fees as expenses under section 1988 at the statutory rate of thirty dollars a day

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Opinion

Nos. 87-2128, 87-2189.

Submitted December 8, 1988.

Decided January 27, 1989.

Appeals from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Elsijane Trimble Roy, Judge.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, and BEAM, Circuit Judges, en banc.

The HONORABLE GERALD W. HEANEY assumed senior status on January 1, 1989.


The order of the district court awarding appellants expert witness fees as expenses under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 at the statutory rate of $30 per day, 28 U.S.C. § 1821, for a total award of $900.00 is affirmed by the vote of an equally divided court.

The Honorable Elsijane T. Roy, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Gilbert v. City of Little Rock, No. LR-C-78-340, slip op. at 9-10 (E.D.Ark. Aug. 7, 1987) (order), citing Crawford Fitting Co. v. J.T. Gibbons, Inc., 482 U.S. 437, 107 S.Ct. 2494, 96 L.Ed.2d 385 (1987).

The remaining issues are remanded to the original panel for decision.


Summaries of

Gilbert v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Jan 27, 1989
867 F.2d 1062 (8th Cir. 1989)

affirming by an equally divided court the order of the district court awarding expert witness fees as expenses under section 1988 at the statutory rate of thirty dollars a day

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Case details for

Gilbert v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas

Case Details

Full title:JOHNNIE GILBERT, HORACE WALTERS, ANDREW LOCKHART, AND BILLY O'DONALD…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Jan 27, 1989

Citations

867 F.2d 1062 (8th Cir. 1989)

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