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BERRY v. SCHOOL DIST. OF CITY OF BENTON HARBOR

Civ. A. No. 9.

703 F.Supp. 1277 (1986)

Barbara Jean BERRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF BENTON HARBOR, et al., Defendants.

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

July 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Tully, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., Stephen C. Small, Small & Small, Benton Harbor, Mich., for Benton Harbor.

E. Michael Stafford, Farhat, Burns & Story, P.C., Lansing, Mich., for Coloma Bd. of Educ.

Francis A. Jones, III, John L. Crow, Hartwig, Crow, Jones & Postelli, St. Joseph, Mich., for Eau Claire Bd. of Educ.

James E. Riley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich.

Lee Boothby, Boothby, Huff & Yingst, Berrien Springs, Mich., for intervening defendants Fulner, et al.

Thomas Atkins, Teresa Demchak, General Counsel, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., Duane Elston, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Detroit, Mich., Dean Michael J. Stolee, Fox Pointe, Wis. (court appointed), for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Nordberg, Thrun, Maatsch & Nordberg, P.C., Lansing, Mich., for Berrien Co. Inter. School Dist.

Arthur Przybylowicz, Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, Lansing, Mich., for MEA.

OPINION GRANTING ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS

HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

This case is currently pending before the court on the petition of plaintiffs' counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. On November 9, 1984, plaintiffs' counsel first petitioned this court for an award of attorneys' fees and costs. After several preliminary meetings between the parties, this court presided over a meeting of plaintiffs' and defendants...

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