NORWOOD v. HARRISON

No. 76-1865.

563 F.2d 722 (1977)

Delores NORWOOD, by her father Calvin Norwood, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D. L. HARRISON, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Jesse R. Adams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Giles Bryant, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Taylor B. Smith, Columbus, Miss., for E. Lowndes Educ. Foundation Inc.

Tom T. Ross, Clarksdale, Miss., for Mrs. George Bounds.

Stovall Lowrey, Clarksdale, Miss., for Mrs. L. Wright.

Will E. Ward, Starkville, Miss., for Starkville Academy.

Fraiser & Burgoon, Greenwood, Miss., for Seth Dillon, et al.

Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs-appellees sought an award of attorneys' fees for services rendered in Norwood v. Harrison, 413 U.S. 455, 93 S.Ct. 2804, 37 L.Ed.2d 723 (1973).1 In a memorandum opinion the District Court concluded that they were entitled to recover the fees from the members and the Executive Secretary of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, and their successors in office, "in...

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