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NORWOOD v. HARRISON

No. WC 70-53-K.

410 F.Supp. 133 (1976)

Delores NORWOOD et al., Plaintiffs, v. D. L. HARRISON, Sr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, W. D.

March 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn R. Leventhal, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Ed Davis Noble and Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, 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...

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