Legal Opinion
Jenkins ex rel. Agyei v. Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1988No. Nos. 87-2075, 87-2076 and 87-2077PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The award of attorneys’ fees in the Kansas City, Missouri school desegregation case has resulted in this trio of appeals. The district court1 awarded plaintiffs’ co-counsel, Arthur Benson, and the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP (LDF) fees and expenses for services rendered in the litigation, imposed solely against the State of Missouri. The district court denied the application of the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) for attorneys’ fees. On appeal the State of Missouri argues that the district court award compensated plaintiffs’ counsel for time…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. And Friends of the Earth, in 86-5927 v. At & T Bell Laboratories, in 86-5895Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- McDonald v. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- 61 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 343, 61 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,078 Jacquelyn L. Morris v. American National Can Corporation and Glen Besore, and David ScottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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