Legal Opinion
Citizens Against Tax Waste v. Westerville City School District Board of Education Tom Fawcett Dave Coffman Donna Baker Don W. Miller Debbie Collins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1993No. 91-3924PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an attorney fee dispute wherein Citizens Against Tax Waste (“CATW”) and fourteen individuals, as plaintiffs, seek reimbursement for attorneys’ fees expended in pursuing an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 et seq. “to secure ... First and Fourteenth Amendment” asserted rights. Named defendants were the Westerville City School District Board of Education (“the Board”) and five members of the Board in their official capacities. 1
CATW is an “unincorporated association of property owners in the Westerville City School District.” Individual plaintiffs are CATW…
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