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BRINKMAN v. GILLIGAN

No. 82-3155.

697 F.2d 163 (1983)

Mark BRINKMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. GILLIGAN, et al., Defendants, Dayton Board of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Austin, Austin, Jones, Littlejohn & Owens, Dayton, Ohio, Louis Lucas (argued), Picard, Canale, Caywood, Lucas & Watson, William E. Caldwell, Ratner & Sugarmon, Memphis, Tenn., Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff-appellant.

David C. Greer, Leo F. Krebs (argued), Bieser, Greer & Landis, Armistead W. Gilliam Jr., Smith & Schnacke, Dayton, Ohio, Thomas I. Atkins, N.A.A.C.P. Sp. Contribution Fund, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves attorney fees and costs allowed by the district court for five attorneys in this protracted school desegregation case. The district court allowed a total of $383,540.25 in attorney fees and $48,868.57 for reimbursement of costs and expenses, all to be paid by the defendants. Four attorneys and the personal representative of the fifth attorney, now deceased, challenge the allowances as inadequate and claim $1,210,291.50 as reasonable...

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