Legal Opinion
Delores Norwood, Cross-Appellants v. D. L. Harrison, Sr., Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1978No. 78-1600PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs successfully completed an action protesting the constitutionality of a state statute allowing the loan of textbooks to private schools engaged in discriminatory practices. The district court, in a thorough and careful opinion, awarded $23,852 of the $31,379 claimed in attorneys’ fees, based on services rendered for the period ending March 2, 1976, pursuant to Section 718 of the Emergency School Aid Act, P.L. 92-318, 20 U.S.C. § 1617, and, alternatively, the Civil Rights Attorneys Fees Awards Act, P.L. 94-559, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
Defendants appeal from the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edward Brown v. Robert E. L. Culpepper, Jr., Superior Court Judge of the South Georgia Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Davis v. Board of School CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- William A. Fain, Jr. v. Caddo Parish Police Jury and Members Thereof v. Louis Pendleton, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Martha Johnson and Delores J. Ceballos, Etc. v. University College of the University of Alabama in Birmingham George W. Campbell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Piambino v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Dowdell v. City of ApopkaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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