(DOWNLOAD) "Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley v. School Board City Richmond" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley v. School Board City Richmond
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 29, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 100 KB
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This appeal challenges an award of attorneys fees made to counsel for plaintiffs in the school desegregation suit filed against the School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia. Though the action has been pending for a number of years, the award covers services only for a period from March, 1970, to January 29, 1971. It is predicated on two grounds: (1) that the actions taken and defenses entered by the defendant School Board during such period represented unreasonable and obdurate refusal to implement clear constitutional standards; and (2) apart from any consideration of obduracy on the part of the defendant School Board since 1970, it is appropriate in school desegregation cases, for policy reasons, to allow counsel for the private parties attorneys fees as an item of costs. The defendant School Board contends that neither ground sustains the award. We agree.