Mark Brinkman v. John J. Gilligan, Dayton Board of Education

This appeal involves attorney fees and costs allowed by the district court for five attorneys in this protracted school desegregation case. The district court allowed a total of $383,540.25 in attorney fees and $48,868.57 for reimbursement of costs and expenses, all to be paid by the defendants. Four attorneys and the personal representative of the fifth attorney, now deceased, challenge the allowances as inadequate and claim $1,210,291.50 as reasonable attorney fees and $49,569.46 for out of pocket expenses.

The reported decisions in this protracted litigation are as follows: Dayton Board of…