Legal Opinion
Princess Ranola Johnson, Etc. v. M. Browning Combs, Superintendent, Grand Prairie Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1973No. 72-3030PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
On the merits, the judgment appealed from is due to be affirmed. Weaver v. Board of Public Education of Brevard County, Florida, 467 F.2d 473 (5th Cir. 1972).
The collateral question as to plaintiffs’ entitlement to attorneys’ fees below and on this appeal raises a novel issue. The law of the circuit prior to the passage of Section 718 of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 1 made it clear that in school desegregation cases attorneys’ fees would be awarded only if the school board was found to have acted in an “unreasonable and obdurately obstinate” manner. See Williams…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Campbell v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Miller v. Amusement Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Northcross v. Memphis Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Iron Workers Local 272 v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- In The Matter Of U.S. Golf CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Raymond P. NovakCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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