Legal Opinion
Knight v. State of Ala.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided June 16, 1993No. Civ. A. CV 83-M-1676PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This case is over twelve years old. It involves the question of whether vestiges of discrimination remain in the public higher education system of Alabama. After a six-month nonjury trial, the Court found that certain vestiges of discrimination remain in the system, and ordered the state of Alabama to undertake certain steps to eradicate these vestiges of discrimination. See Knight v. State of Alabama, 787 F.Supp. 1030 (N.D.Ala.1991). The case is now before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Given…
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