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MATTIE T. v. HOLLADAY

No. DC 75-31-S.

522 F.Supp. 72 (1981)

MATTIE T., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles E. HOLLADAY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

May 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Yohalem, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, Senior District Judge.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

This action is before the court on plaintiffs' motion for an award of interim attorneys' fees and expenses against the state defendants.1 The motion is based upon 42 U.S.C. § 1988, which provides in pertinent part:

In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986 of this title...

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