Geier v. Richardson

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The United States, an intervenor in an action seeking desegregation of public institutions of higher learning in Tennessee, appeals the district court’s order granting attorney’s fees against the United States in favor of original plaintiffs, individual intervening plaintiffs, and original defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b).

The facts of this protracted litigation are set forth in this court’s prior opinion, Geier v. Alexander, 801 F.2d 799 (6th Cir.1985). This action began with a complaint by several individuals seeking to…