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- Title: Northcross V. Board Of Education Of Memphis City Schools
- Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 23, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 91 KB
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These appeals challenge the award of fees made by the district court in the course of the Memphis school desegregation case. In this opinion, the Court will address a few of the remaining legal controversies concerning the proper application and interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, which authorizes an award of attorneys' fees to prevailing parties in certain civil rights cases, and sets out standards for the guidance of the district courts in this Circuit to aid them in the exercise of their discretion in the granting of such fees. The first award was made in 1977 (hereinafter, the "1977 Fee Award") during a temporary lull in the litigation of the underlying case, and following the final judicial approval of an adequate desegregation plan. The second award (the "1978 Fee Award") was granted to compensate for subsequent services rendered to the plaintiffs in the course of their opposition to the School Board's attempt to modify the plan. The plaintiffs, the School Board and the City of Memphis have all appealed from the awards made by the district court.
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