Northcross v. Board of Education

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1979-11-23

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PECK, Senior Circuit Judge. These appeals challenge the award of fees made by the district court in the course of the Memphis school desegregation case. In this opinion, the Court will address a few of the remaining legal controversies concerning the proper application and interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1988 , the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, which authorizes an award o…

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