Legal Opinion
Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. School District of Grand Rapids
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1987No. 86-1860PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from denial of a motion for attorney’s fees brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, as amended by Pub.L. 94-559, the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976.1 The plaintiffs who sought the award of fees were the prevailing parties in an action to enjoin programs by which a public school system leased classrooms in buildings of religious nonpublic school associations and furnished teachers and staff to instruct students enrolled in the nonpublic schools. In challenging this program the plaintiffs proceeded under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act,…
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