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COOPER v. WILLIAMSON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Nos. 85-6150, 86-5879.

820 F.2d 180 (1987)

Freeman M. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION and Administrative Unit of Williamson County, Tennessee and Kenneth L.M. Fleming, Superintendent of Schools of Williamson County, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Belton, argued, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., and Richard Manson, Manson, Jackson and Associates, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Wheeler, Jr., argued, Brown, Brown and White, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN, WELLFORD and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 22, 1987.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Freeman Cooper, the prevailing party in an employment discrimination action, now seeks attorney's fees under Section 706(k) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k), for work performed in resisting dismissal charges brought subsequent to his success in the district court. The district court found that Cooper, a black school principal...

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