Legal Opinion
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of the University
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 17, 2010No. Case Nos. 06-15024, 06-15637PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING INTERVENING DEFENDANT ERIC RUSSELL’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.
Eric Russell, a now-dismissed intervening defendant in this litigation, has filed a motion for attorney’s fees against certain Michigan universities and the State’s governor and attorney general, all eo-defendants in the present action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b), which states: “In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1981 a, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title IX of Public Law 92-318, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act…
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