Oliver v. Kalamazoo Board of Education

This is an appeal by the Michigan State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction from an order of the district court that they pay plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees in the amount of $357,029.50 arising from the litigation required to desegregate the Kalamazoo, Michigan, public schools.1 The $357,029.50 amount was calculated by subtracting $150,037.50, paid by the Kalamazoo Board of Education pursuant to a settlement, from $507,067, the total attorneys’ fees due according to the district court’s figuring. The $507,067 amount was calculated by multiplying the number of hours2 spent…