PEOPLE WHO CARE v. ROCKFORD BD. OF EDUC. DIST. 205

Nos. 90-3284, 90-3291 and 90-8098.

921 F.2d 132 (1991)

PEOPLE WHO CARE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants — Cross-Appellees, v. ROCKFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT NO. 205, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Howard, Claire T. Hartfield, Ronald L. Futterman, Aram A. Hartunian, Kathleen Mangold-Spoto, Hartunian, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants — cross-appellees.

Lawrence J. Weiner, Linda L. Eyestone, John M. Izzo, Anthony G. Scariano, A. Lynn Himes, G. Robb Cooper, David P. Kula, Justino D. Petrarca, Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago, Ill., Thomas A. Bueschel, John N. Schmidt, Conde, Stoner & Killoren, Rockford, Ill., for defendant-appellee — cross-appellant.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A partial consent decree in this school desegregation case afforded the plaintiffs some relief in time for the 1989-90 school year. Many questions remain for future determination. Not wanting to wait until the litigation was over to collect attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, plaintiffs filed an application for an interim award. On February 23, 1990, the district court directed the Rockford Board of Education to pay substantial...

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