Notice of Judgment; Correspondence from Judge Keady to Clerk; Judgment

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December 4, 1978

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  • Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Notice of Judgment; Correspondence from Judge Keady to Clerk; Judgment, 1978. 47c34c6d-722e-f111-88b4-0022482cdbbc. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5e9159e0-0423-4c52-9a53-d0beae7f20af/notice-of-judgment-correspondence-from-judge-keady-to-clerk-judgment. Accessed July 18, 2026.

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     [||ed5c239d-a5b5-4d41-9f2c-8d173fe3ecbc||] UNITED STATES DISTRICT cr \ 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK i 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPP] 

WESTERN DIVISION NOTICE 
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

December 5, 1978 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL 

V. | NO. WC7053-K 

D. L. HARRISON, SR., ET AL 

TAKE NOTICE that Chief Judge William C. Keady signed 

the Judgment in the above cause on December 4, 1978. This judgment 

has been entered in COB 30, Page 203-204. 

NORMAN L. GILLISPIE, CLERK 
BY: 

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Nome: SY Coli T 

: Deputy Clerk, Jan J. Estes 

TO: Hon. Bill Lann Lee, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 
Bon. Peter Stockett, . Box 220, Jackson, Ms. 39205 

 



WILLIAM C. KEADY 
CHIEF JUDGE 

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

FFOsT OFFICE DRAWER 190 

GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 38701 

December 4, 1978 . 

Mrs. Katherine Butts 

Chief Deputy Clerk 
United States District Court 
Oxford, Miss. 

Re: Norwood v. Harrison, No. WC 70-53-K 

Dear Katherine: 

For the jacket file I am enclosing Judgment in 
the above case, which I have today signed. 

Copy is being sent to counsel listed below. 

Yours very truly, 

nll. CFG 
William C. Keady 

WCK/fg 
Enclosure 

CC: Hon. Bill lLann Lee Mr. Larry Tynes 
10 Columbus Circle Durant High School 
New York, New York 10019Durant, Miss. 3906 

Hon. Peter Stockett Mrs. Jean McCool 

Box 220 Box 727 

Jackson, Miss. 39205 Moss Point, Miss. 

Hon. A. F. Summer Mr. Charles EF. Hol 
Box 220 Supt. of Education 
Jackson, Miss. 39205 Jackson, Miss. 392 

Bon. Cliff Finch Mr. W. A. Matthews 
Governor 303-1075 

Jackson, Miss. 39205 Jackson, Miss. 392 

Mr. E4d Pittman Mr. TT. M.. Stone 

Treasurer 2 Potts Camp, Miss. 
State of Miss. 

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IN THE UN1LTED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL, Plaintiffs 

V. NO. WC 70-53-K 

D. L. HARRISON, SR., ET AL, Defendants 

JUDGMENT 

Upon motion of the plaintiff for an order directing payment 

of attorney fees awarded to plaintiffs for legal services rendered 

and costs incurred in this cause through March 2, 1976, and in con- 

sideration of prior orders of this court, as well as the opinion 

of the Court of Appeals relating thereto, see Norwood v. Harrison, 

581 F. 24 518.(5 Cir. 1978); it is 

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED 

That the members and Executive Secretary of the Miss- 

issippi State Textbook Purchasing Board forthwith issue or cause 

to be issued checks in the following amounts in favor of the payees 

designated herein as reimbursement for costs and attorney fees: 

(a) NAACP Legal Defense Fund/Melvyn R. Leventhal, $26,965.68 

representing the principal award of $22,102 together with interest 

at 8% per annum from March. 2, 1976, through December 1, 1978, with 

interest accruing at the rate of $4.84 per day from December 1, 

1978, until paid. 

(b) NAACP Legal Defense Fund/James M. Nabrit, III, 

$2,135.13 representing the principal award of $1,750 together with 

interest at 8% per annum from March 2, 1976, through December:l, 

1978, with interest accruing at the rate of $.38 per day from 

December 1, 1978, until paid. 

(c) NAACP Legal Defense Fund, $6,109.62 representing the 

principal award for costs of $4,999.44, together with interest at 

 



  

the rate of 8% per annum from March 2, 1976, through December 1, 

1978, with interest accruing at the rate of $1,110 per day from 

December 1, 1978, until paid. 

If this final judgment is not paid within 20 days from 

this date, the court expressly reserves the power to issue writs 

of garnishment and/or execution against Ed Pittman, Treasurer of 

the State of Mississippi, attaching funds appropriated for the 

Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board and condemning same 

for the payment of the aforesaid amounts fixed in this final 

judgment. 

This, 4th day of December, 1978. 

i Q Kea 
    

Bhi Tad5e 
United States District Court [||ed5c239d-a5b5-4d41-9f2c-8d173fe3ecbc||] 

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