Seven elected officials in Galveston County and a Galveston citizen were not prevailing parties in a voting right case, so not entitled to attorney fees, a three judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Dec. 17.
The district judge who presided over the voting rights litigation had awarded them attorney fees, an award opposed by Galveston County.
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