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NORWOOD v. HARRISON

No. 78-1600. Summary Calendar.

581 F.2d 518 (1978)

Delores NORWOOD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. D. L. HARRISON, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Bill Lann Lee, Jack Greenberg, New York City, Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs successfully completed an action protesting the constitutionality of a state statute allowing the loan of textbooks to private schools engaged in discriminatory practices. The district court, in a thorough and careful opinion, awarded $23,852 of the $31,379 claimed in attorneys' fees, based on services rendered for the period ending March 2, 1976, pursuant to Section 718 of the Emergency School Aid Act, P.L. 92-318, 20 U.S...

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