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OLIVER v. KALAMAZOO BD. OF ED.

No. 77-1038.

576 F.2d 714 (1978)

Michelle OLIVER et al., and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kalamazoo Branch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KALAMAZOO BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants, State Board of Education and John W. Porter, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. of Mich., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Gerald F. Young, George L. McCargar, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Phillip L. Hummer, Kalamazoo, Mich., Richard A. Enslen, Howard & Howard, Kalamazoo, Mich., Nathaniel R. Jones, General Counsel, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, Louis R. Lucas, Ratner, Sugarmon, Lucas, Salky & Henderson, Memphis, Tenn., Armand Derfner, Epstein, McClain & Derfner, Charleston, S. C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WEICK, CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the Michigan State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction from an order of the district court that they pay plaintiffs' attorneys' fees in the amount of $357,029.50 arising from the litigation required to desegregate the Kalamazoo, Michigan, public schools.1 The $357,029.50 amount was calculated by subtracting $150,037.50, paid by the Kalamazoo Board of Education pursuant to a settlement...

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