Rita Sanders GEIER, et al., Plaintiffs,
United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
Raymond A. Richardson, Jr, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors,
H. Coleman McGinnis, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors,
v.
Don SUNDQUIST, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 27, 2002.
September 27, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George Barrett, Barrett, Johnston & Parsley, Nashville, TN, for plaintiffs Geier, et al.
Michael S. Maurer, Pauline A. Miller and Geoffrey L.J. Carter, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division-Educational Opportunities Section, Washington DC, James Vines, U.S. Attorney, Robert C. Watson, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Nashville, TN, for plaintiff/intervenor USA.
Richard Dinkins, Dodson Parker Dinkins & Behm, Nashville, TN, Melissa Woods, Elaine Jones and Norman Chachkin, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for plaintiffs/intervenors Richardson, et al.
John L. Norris and James L. Weatherly, Hollins, Wagster & Yarbrough, Nashville, TN, for plaintiffs/intervenors McGinnis, et al.
Kate Eyler and Kevin Steiling, Office of the Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, for defendants.
Lewis L. Laska, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Business Law, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, for amicus curiae.
Robert L. Smith and Renard A. Hirsch, Sr., Smith & Hirsch, Nashville, TN, for TSU-NAA.
Carlos Gonzalez, Atlanta GA, Mediator.
United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.
OPINION AND ORDER ON ATTORNEY FEES
WISEMAN, Senior District Judge.
Before the Court are the applications for award of fees to plaintiffs' counsel pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The application is for fees for the period June 1987 to January 2001 for Messrs. Barrett, Dinkins and attorneys at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (hereinafter LDF). Attorneys for the McGinnis intervenor have been paid using a lodestar method at $250 per hour. Council for plaintiffs...
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