Legal Opinion
Mills v. Freeman
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1997No. 94-8204PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants, Valencia Mills and a class of individuals composed of all black children enrolled in the Dekalb County School System and their parents and legal guardians (collectively, appellants), appeal the district court’s order concerning attorney’s fees for work performed on various issues during the final years of this litigation. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Appellee, the Dekalb County Board of Education (the DCBE), operates the Dekalb County School System (the DCSS). 1 Historically, in accordance with state law and its own policies, the DCSS conducted a segregated system of education with…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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