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BEAMON v. CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISS.

Civ. A. Nos. J84-0094(L), J-3700(L).

666 F.Supp. 937 (1987)

Millard BEAMON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants. Joan ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. The MADISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

June 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Banks & Nichols, Jackson, Miss., Elliott Andalman, Andalman, Adelman & Steiner, Hattiesburg, Miss., Isaac K. Byrd, Jr., James W. Craig, Owens & Byrd, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

John W. Christopher, Christopher & Stater, C.R. Montgomery, Jerry R. Wallace, Ray, Spivey & Cain, Goza & Case, Joe R. Fancher, Jr., Canton, Miss., Frederick S. Mittelman, Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Angela G. Schmidt, Civil Rights Div., Educational Opportunities Litigation Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., George Phillips, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-intervenor.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of plaintiffs, Millard Beamon, et al., and Joan Anderson, et al., for an award of attorney's fees and expenses pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973l(e), and of the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The court has reviewed the motion, memoranda and affidavits...

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