Legal Opinion
Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 1974No. 72-1322PublishedCited by 1,916 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
In this protracted school desegregation litigation, the District Court awarded the plaintiff-petitioners expenses and attorneys’ fees for services rendered from March 10, 1970, to January 29, 1971. 53 F. R. D. 28 (ED Va. 1971). The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, one judge dissenting, reversed. 472 F. 2d 318 (1972). We granted certiorari, 412 U. S. 937 (1973), to determine whether the allowance of attorneys’ fees was proper. Pertinent to the resolution of the issue is the enactment in 1972 of § 718 of Title VII, the Emergency School Aid Act, 20 U. S. C. § 1617 (1970…
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