NAACP v. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N

No. 80-73693.

696 F.Supp. 1145 (1988)

NAACP, DETROIT BRANCH; the Guardians, Inc.; Brady Bruenton; Cynthia Martin; Hilton Napoleon; Sharon Randolph; Betty T. Roland; Grant Battle; Cynthia Cheatom; Evin Fobbs; John Hawkins; Helen Poelinitz, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (DPOA); Thomas Schneider, President of the DPOA; City of Detroit, a Michigan Municipal Corporation; Mayor Coleman A. Young; Detroit Police Department; Board of Police Commissioners; Chief William Hart; Governor William Milliken; and the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

October 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Atkins, Brooklyn, N.Y., Barnhart and Mirer by Jeanne Mirer, James W. McGinnis, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Walter S. Nussbaum, Farmington Hills, Mich., for defendants Detroit Police Officers Ass'n, David Schneider, President of DPOA.

Frank W. Jackson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., Daniel B. Edelman, Washington, D.C., Terri L. Hayles, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for defendants City of Detroit, Mayor Coleman A. Young, Detroit Police Dept., Bd. of Police Com'rs, Chief William Hart.


OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

Absent action by the Court of Appeals,1 with this opinion, this Court closes the books on this long-going litigation that commenced in 1980.

Before the Court is a motion by Plaintiffs seeking a determination that they are entitled to reinstatement of an award of fees made by this Court in 19852, interest on that award, and a further award of fees for work done...

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