Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Northcross v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1979No. Nos. 78-1289 to 78-1291, 78-1458 and 78-1459Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partWeick, Circuit Judge
The issues in these appeals are very important. Whatever we establish as the law of this circuit may control or have a bearing on the allowance of attorneys fees, costs and expenses in a multitude of other school desegregation cases in Cleveland, Lorain, Akron, Youngstown, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Louisville and elsewhere.
In the present appeals, the plaintiff’s final motion was for the allowance of $988,-870.73 for attorneys fees in which plaintiffs not only sought to recover what they claimed was the reasonable value of the legal services which were rendered but they multiplied the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. National City Bank v. Board of Education of Cleveland City School DistrictOhio Supreme Court · 1977
- Oliver v. Kalamazoo Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- National City Bank and the Cleveland Trust Company v. Honorable Frank J. Battisti, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Robert Anthony Reed, III v. James A. Rhodes, National City Bank and the Cleveland Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977