Gaines v. Dougherty County Board of Education

OWENS, Chief Judge:

In this school desegregation lawsuit which began April 5, 1963, and has continued to the present time, plaintiffs’ attorneys have moved the court for an award of attorney’s fees for services rendered from April 5, 1963, to date. Responses and affidavits having been received from both the plaintiffs and defendants and an evidentiary hearing having been held, this constitutes the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of' law. The facts relevant to plaintiffs’ current application for fees are as follows.1

Plaintiffs’ first motion for attorneys’ fees was made in July of 1971.…