MILLS BY MILLS v. FREEMAN

No. 94-8204.

118 F.3d 727 (1997)

Valencia MILLS, a minor, by her parents and next friends, Berta Mills and Roger MILLS, Adesina, Adreana, and Ardona Scott, minors, by their parents and next friends, Cynthia Scott and Major Scott, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, Ashley and B'randi Armstrong, minors, by their father and next friend, Harold M. Armstrong, Haraja and Jihan El-Shabazz, minors, by their parents and next friends, Asahita El-Shabazz and Narwanna El-Shabazz, James Somerville, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Carolyn Saunder, Nathan Jones, a minor by his parents and next friends, Carolyn Jones and Wayne Jones, Nadrah Malik, Mangoor Falah, and Salim Sabir, minors, by their parents and next friends, Mahasin Sabir and Adib Sabir, Christina Thomas, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Grace Thomas, Michael, Steven and Nicholas Creamer, minors, by their mother and next friend, Marguerite Creamer, Sandi and Karla Bailey, minors, by their parents and next friends, Evelyn Bailey and Larry Bailey, Brandon Russell, a minor, by his parents and next friends, Karen Russell and Kevin Russell, Michael, Gerald and Lacy Perry, minors, by their mother and next friend, Nina Perry, Darius and Kevin McVay, minors, by their father and next friend, William McVay, Julia Stewart, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Rose Stewart, Jeezanhay, Halani and Tashiana Blake, minors, by their mother and next friend, Betty Blake, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. Robert R. FREEMAN, Superintendent, Elizabeth Andrews, Norma Bergman, Phil McGregor, Lyman Howard, Donna Wagner, David Williamson and Paul Womack, as DeKalb County Board of Education, members, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia Borowski, Stanford, Fagan & Giolito, Atlanta, GA, Willie Abrams, NAACP Special Contribution Fund, Baltimore, MD, Bruce K. Roberts, NAACP Southern Regional Office, Atlanta, GA, for Mills, et al.

Thomas A. Eaton, Univ. of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA, for ACLU.

Gary M. Sams, J. Stanley Hawkins, Weeks & Chandler, Decatur, GA, Pamela V. Sloane, Georgia Association of Educators, Decatur, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, BARKETT, Circuit Judge, and PROPST, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, Valencia Mills and a class of individuals composed of all black children enrolled in the Dekalb County School System and their parents and legal guardians (collectively, appellants), appeal the district court's order concerning attorney's fees for work performed on various issues during the final years of this litigation. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellee, the Dekalb County Board of Education (the DCBE), operates the Dekalb...

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