FOSTER v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COM'RS OF MOBILE COUNTY

No. 86-7064.

810 F.2d 1021 (1987)

Edwin FOSTER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sintz, Campbell, Duke, Taylor & Cunningham, Thomas R. McAlpine, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, P.A., Gregory B. Stein, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we review the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama awarding attorney's fees to the plaintiffs as prevailing parties under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). During Stage I of this bifurcated class action, the plaintiffs established class-wide discrimination and were awarded attorney's fees for their...

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