Brinkman v. Gilligan

ORDER

CARL B. RUBIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. The Northcross Standard

Attorney fees in a school desegregation case in this Circuit are governed by Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools, 611 F.2d 624 (6th Cir.1979) (hereinafter “Northcross”). A reasonable fee is the product of [1] the number of hours reasonably expended times [2] the customary rate for such hours.

Northcross specifically prohibits the use of a “multiplier”. The majority opinion reaffirms this position first taken in Oliver v. Kalamazoo Board of Education, 576 F.2d 714 (6th Cir.1978).

In pointing out that…