Opinion ID: 441810
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Heading: plaintiffs are entitled to attorneys' fees.

Text: 52 Awards of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party in civil rights cases are authorized by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1988. Plaintiffs may be considered prevailing parties if they succeed on any significant issue in [the] litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing suit. Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 433, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 1939, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983), quoting Nadeau v. Helgemoe, 581 F.2d 275, 278-79 (1st Cir.1978). The NAACP and ACLU have successfully challenged the Richmond parade ordinance. We therefore remand to the district court for a determination of a reasonable fee award, for attorneys' services at the trial level and upon appeal, under the twelve-factor test set out in Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., 526 F.2d 67, 70 (9th Cir.1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 951, 96 S.Ct. 1726, 48 L.Ed.2d 195 (1976).