Case Name: N. H. NEWMAN et al., Respondents-Appellees, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Petitioners-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1975-10-29
Citations: 522 F.2d 71
Docket Number: No. 73-2033
Parties: N. H. NEWMAN et al., Respondents-Appellees, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Petitioners-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.
Judges: Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORN-BERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 522
Pages: 71–80

Head Matter:
N. H. NEWMAN et al., Respondents-Appellees, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Petitioners-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.
No. 73-2033.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 29, 1975.
Gewin, Circuit Judge, with whom Brown, Chief Judge, and Wisdom, Thornberry and Goldberg, Circuit Judges, joined, dissented with opinion.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., Herbert H. Henry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, Ala., George Beck, Thomas Sorrels, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for petitioners-appellants.
Joseph D. Phelps, Philip H. Butler, Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.
Michael S. Loftman, Civil Rights, Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Patricia G. Littlefield, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept, of Justice, Walter W. Barnett, Atty., Dept, of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORN-BERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of the district court as it relates to the award of attorneys' fees, Newman v. State of Alabama, M.D.Ala., 1972, 349 F.Supp. 278, is vacated and the cause is remanded for reconsideration consistent with the supervening decisions of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. The Wilderness Society, 1975, 421 U.S. 240, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141, and Edelman v. Jordan, 1974, 415 U.S. 651, 94 S.Ct. 1347, 39 L.Ed.2d 662.
Vacated and remanded with direction.
The remaining issues were resolved in Newman v. State of Alabama, 5 Cir., 1974, 503 F.2d 1320.