Legal Opinion
Eddie Mitchell Tasby v. Dr. Nolan Estes, General Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1981No. 80-2109PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, 498 F.Supp. 1130, denying an application for attorneys’ fees. Mr. James Nabrit, an attorney employed by the NAACP, had sought the award for work performed in a school desegregation suit brought by appellants Tasby and others against the Dallas Independent School District. In brief, a desegregation plan for Dallas area schools was formulated by the district court in 1976. Tasby v. Estes, 412 F.Supp. 1192 (N.D.Tex.1976). The case was appealed to this court, which remanded to the district court for formulation of a new…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Northcross v. Memphis Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Estes v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACPSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Princess Ranola Johnson, Etc. v. M. Browning Combs, Superintendent, Grand Prairie Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Iranian Students Association v. Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, President, Texas Southern UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Martha Johnson and Delores J. Ceballos, Etc. v. University College of the University of Alabama in Birmingham George W. Campbell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Dowdell v. City of ApopkaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Donnell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Spell v. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Fernandes v. LimmerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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