CAPACCHIONE v. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS

Nos. 3:97 CV 482 P, 3:65 CV 1974 P.

80 F.Supp.2d 557 (1999)

William CAPACCHIONE, Individually and on Behalf of Cristina Capacchione, a Minor, Plaintiff, and Michael P. Grant, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS, et al., Defendants. James E. Swann et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board Of Education, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

Order Amending Opinion December 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Pollard, Kevin V. Parsons, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P., Charlotte, NC, William S. Helfand, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, Lee Meyers, Meyers & Hulse, Charlotte, NC, for William Capacchione, plaintiff.

James E. Ferguson, Luke Largess, Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, NC, Adam Stein, Ferguson Stein Wallas Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, Chapel Hill, NC, Elaine Jones, Norman J. Chachkin, Gloria J. Browne, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for Swann Plaintiffs, intervenor-plaintiffs.

James G. Middlebrooks, Irving M. Brenner, Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, LLP, Charlotte, NC, Allen R. Snyder, Kevin J. Lanigan, Maree Sneed, Rose Marie L. Audette, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Leslie J. Winner, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Charlotte, NC, for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Board of Education of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Susan Burgess, Chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board, Eric Smith, Dr., Superintendent, defendants.

Irving M. Brenner, Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, LLP, Charlotte, NC, for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Eric Smith, Dr., Arthur Griffin, intervenor-defendants.


ORDER

POTTER, Senior District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiffs' and Plaintiff-Intervenors' (collectively "Petitioners") Petition for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses arising out of the above-entitled action.

I. ENTITLEMENT TO ATTORNEYS' FEES

Petitioners are before the Court on their Petition for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. See Memorandum of...

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