TASBY v. ESTES

No. 80-2109 Summary Calendar.

651 F.2d 287 (1981)

Eddie Mitchell TASBY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Nolan ESTES, General Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, Dallas, Tex., Jack Greenberg, Charles S. Ralston, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Strasburger & Price, P. Michael Jung, Dallas, Tex., for Estes, DISD, et al.

E. Brice Cunningham, Dallas, Tex., for Elana Brice Cunningham & Eric Richard Dockery.

Before GEE, RUBIN AND RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, 498 F.Supp. 1130, denying an application for attorneys' fees. Mr. James Nabrit, an attorney employed by the NAACP, had sought the award for work performed in a school desegregation suit brought by appellants Tasby and others against the Dallas Independent School District. In brief, a desegregation plan for Dallas area schools was formulated by the district...

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