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PEACOCK v. DREW MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCH. DIST.

No. GC 73-20-K.

433 F.Supp. 1072 (1977)

Katie Mae Andrews PEACOCK et al., Plaintiffs, v. The DREW MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

June 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. McTeer, Greenville, Miss., Alma C. Campbell, Greenwood, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Rhonda Copelon, New York City, amicus curiae.

Champ T. Terney, Indianola, Miss., William A. Allain, Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the court on plaintiffs' motion for an award of attorney fees, in which plaintiffs contend that such an award is authorized by the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fee Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 as amended October 19, 1976, and the teachings of Bradley v. Richmond School Board, 416 U.S. 696, 94 S.Ct. 2006, 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974). A review of the prior proceedings...

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