Legal Opinion
Norwood v. Harrison
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided March 2, 1976No. WC 70-53-KPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
Today we write a postlude to this protracted litigation involving Mississippi’s program of furnishing state-owned textbooks to private as well as public schools by ruling on plaintiffs’ motion for an award of attorneys’ fees for legal services rendered since commencement of the case almost six years ago. We hold that an award is mandated here by § 718 of the Emergency School Aid Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1617, and also that the Eleventh Amendment, as explicated in Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651, 94 S.Ct. 1347, 39 L.Ed.2d 662 (1974), and other cases, does not…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- 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
- Edward Brown v. Robert E. L. Culpepper, Jr., Superior Court Judge of the South Georgia Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Keyes v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1, DENVER, COLO.District Court, D. Colorado · 1977
- Delores Norwood, Cross-Appellants v. D. L. Harrison, Sr., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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