MORGAN v. McDONOUGH

Civ. A. No. 72-911-G.

511 F.Supp. 408 (1981)

Tallulah MORGAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. John J. McDONOUGH et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Johnson, Center for Law and Education, Gutman Library, Cambridge, Mass., Laurence S. Fordham, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Caroline Playter, Boston, Mass., Kenneth Kimberling, Puerto Rican Legal Defense, New York City, for El Comite.

Robert Blumenthal, Counsel, State Board of Education, Robert H. Bohn, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for State Board of Education.

Steven P. Perlmutter, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Boston, Mass., for Mayor of City of Boston.

James T. Grady, Grady & McDonald, Boston, Mass., for BTU — Boston Teachers Union.

Richard W. Coleman, Segal, Roitman & Coleman, Boston, Mass., for BASAS — Boston Association of School Administrators and Supervisors.

Thayer Fremont-Smith, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for Boston Home and School Association.

Martin A. Walsh, Community Relations Service, Boston, Mass., for Community Relations.

Alifa Mahmoud, Staff Director, Citywide Parents' Advisory Council, Boston, Mass., for Citywide Parents' Advisory Council.

Marshall Simonds, Henry C. Dinger, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Michael Betcher, General Counsel, Boston School Committee, Diane Moriarty, Log Officer, Boston School Committee, Dept. of Implementation, Boston, Mass., for Special Counsel Boston School Committee and Boston School Department.


MEMORANDUM AND INTERLOCUTORY ORDER CONCERNING PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR EL COMITE'S RENEWED MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS

GARRITY, District Judge.

This matter is before us on El Comite's renewed motion for a liability finding on the issue of attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to the Emergency School Aid Act, 20 U.S.C. § 3205 (formerly 20 U.S.C. § 1617) and the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988,

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