GRATZ v. BOLLINGER

No. 97-75231.

353 F.Supp.2d 929 (2005)

Jennifer GRATZ and Patrick Hamacher, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Lee BOLLINGER, et al., Defendants, and Ebony Patterson, et al., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

January 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Herr, Mason, Edelman, Minneapolis, MN, Glen N. Lenhoff, Law Office of Glen N. Lenhoff, Flint, MI, James K. Fett, Fett & Fields (Pinckney), Pinckney, MI, Kerry L. Morgan, Pentiuk, Couvreur, Wyandotte, MI, Kirk O. Kolbo, Maslon, Edelman, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Godfrey J. Dillard, Detroit, MI, Christopher M. Taylor, Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI, Jane Sherburne, Wilmer, Cutler, John A. Payton, Wilmer, Cutler, John H. Pickering, Wilmer, Cutler, Washington, DC, Leonard M. Niehoff, Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI, Philip J. Kessler, Butzel Long (Detroit), Detroit, MI, for Defendants.

H. Wallace Parker, Bloomfield Law Center, Richard A. Wilhelm, Dickinson Wright, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Susan I. Leffler, Lansing, MI, Brice M. Clagett, Keith A. Noreika, Oscar M. Garibaldi, Covington, Burling, Kenneth Geller, Mayer, Brown, Deanne E. Maynard, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, Dwight K. Hamilton, Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, Jeffrey S. Silver, Chicago, IL, Jon D. Botsford, Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, Randall E. Mehrberg, Chicago, IL, Shilpa S. Satoskar, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for Movants.


OPINION

DUGGAN, District Judge.

On October 14, 1997, Plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit challenging the admissions policy of the University of Michigan's ("University") College of Literature, Science, and the Arts ("LSA"). Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion for an award of attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiffs, both of whom are Caucasian, brought...

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