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ROBINSON v. ALABAMA STATE DEPT. OF EDUC.

Civ. A. No. 86-T-569-N.

727 F.Supp. 1422 (1989)

Queen Esther ROBINSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

November 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Seay & Davis, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Theron Stokes, Montgomery, Ala., for Solomon Seay.

Denise Azar, Office of Gen. Counsel, Alabama Dept. of Educ., Montgomery, Ala., for all State defendants.

John H. England, Jr., England & Bivens, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendants, Perry Co. Bd. of Educ., Ray, Dozier, Melton, Rinehart, Scott & Carr.

Ralph N. Hobbs and Barry R. Bennett, Hobbs & Hain, Selma, Ala., for Selma City School Bd.

H.A. Lloyd, Lloyd, Dinning, Boggs & Dinning, Demopolis, Ala., for defendant Demopolis City Bd. of Educ.

John Hollis Jackson, Jr., Clanton, Ala., for defendant, Chilton County Bd. of Educ.

Martin Ray and Ray Ward, Ray, Oliver, Ward & Parsons, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Bibb County Bd. of Educ.

David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant, Hale County Bd. of Educ.

James D. Freiley, Tuscaloosa, Ala., pro se.

Robert D. Segall and J. Fairley McDonald, III, Montgomery, Ala., for Perry Co. Historical Soc.

Robert H. Turner, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Turner, Williams & Pettaway, Marion, Ala., for Perry Co. School Bd.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This voting rights case, which has resulted in the consolidation of two Alabama school systems, is now before the court on the plaintiffs' supplemental motion for attorney's fees and expenses. For the reasons that follow, the court concludes that the plaintiffs are entitled to recover $52,410.00 in attorney's fees and $3,299.47 in expenses, to be assessed against defendant Perry County Board of Education.

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