Case Name: Robert J. QUINN, Jr. and Patricia J. Kampsen, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated non-freeholder electors of St. Louis County, Missouri and of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI, John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, Gene McNary, County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri, Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr., Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and Joseph S. Balcer, Robert L. Bannister, Sandra H. Bennett, Allen S. Boston, Claude Brown, William G. Cocos, Jr., Jo Curran, Thomas P. Dunne, C. Fran Emerson, Gretta Forrester, Albert H. Hamel, William J. Harrison, Wayne L. Millsap, Chairman, J.P. Morgan, Catherine Rea, Daniel Schlafly, Henry S. Stolar, Lucille Walton and Margaret Bush Wilson, Comprising the St. Louis City and County Board of Freeholders, Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1990-01-08
Citations: 891 F.2d 190
Docket Number: No. 88-1433
Parties: Robert J. QUINN, Jr. and Patricia J. Kampsen, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated non-freeholder electors of St. Louis County, Missouri and of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI, John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, Gene McNary, County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri, Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr., Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and Joseph S. Balcer, Robert L. Bannister, Sandra H. Bennett, Allen S. Boston, Claude Brown, William G. Cocos, Jr., Jo Curran, Thomas P. Dunne, C. Fran Emerson, Gretta Forrester, Albert H. Hamel, William J. Harrison, Wayne L. Millsap, Chairman, J.P. Morgan, Catherine Rea, Daniel Schlafly, Henry S. Stolar, Lucille Walton and Margaret Bush Wilson, Comprising the St. Louis City and County Board of Freeholders, Appellants.
Judges: Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 891
Pages: 190–196

Head Matter:
Robert J. QUINN, Jr. and Patricia J. Kampsen, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated non-freeholder electors of St. Louis County, Missouri and of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI, John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, Gene McNary, County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri, Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr., Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and Joseph S. Balcer, Robert L. Bannister, Sandra H. Bennett, Allen S. Boston, Claude Brown, William G. Cocos, Jr., Jo Curran, Thomas P. Dunne, C. Fran Emerson, Gretta Forrester, Albert H. Hamel, William J. Harrison, Wayne L. Millsap, Chairman, J.P. Morgan, Catherine Rea, Daniel Schlafly, Henry S. Stolar, Lucille Walton and Margaret Bush Wilson, Comprising the St. Louis City and County Board of Freeholders, Appellants.
No. 88-1433.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Aug. 3, 1989.
Order on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Nov. 21, 1989.
Order on Motion to Modify Jan. 8, 1990.
See also, 8th Cir., 881 F.2d 1082.
Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Court has carefully considered Ap-pellees' motion for attorneys' fees. The federal court litigation initiated by Appel-lees resulted only in a decision by this Court reversing the District Court on the ground that it should have abstained pending resolution of the state court action. Ultimately, after the state court action reached the United States Supreme Court, we ordered the dismissal of the federal court action. Although Appellees have prevailed in the state court action, we cannot conclude that they have prevailed in the federal court action, or that the federal court action contributed in any way to Ap-pellees' success in the state court action. Accordingly, Appellees' motion for attorneys' fees is denied, and their motion for remand of same to the District Court is denied as moot.