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DAVIS v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COM'RS OF MOBILE COUNTY

No. 75-1919.

526 F.2d 865 (1976)

Birdie Mae DAVIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Algernon J. Cooper, Prichard, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Chas. S. Ralston, New York City, Donald M. Briskman, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Victor T. Hudson, Mobile, Ala., A. L. Philips, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Wm. B. Saxbe, Atty. Gen. of U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles S. White-Spunner, Jr., U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for United States.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff class in this school case is here contending that the award by the district court of $38,000 as attorneys' fees for their counsel was insufficient.

This is the second appeal of the attorneys' fees phase of this litigation. Davis v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, 5 Cir., 1974, 496 F.2d 1181.1 We...

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