Order on Award of Counsel Fees

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March 2, 1976

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  • Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Order on Award of Counsel Fees, 1976. 4fc94b47-732e-f111-88b4-0022482cdbbc. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/774d9209-0669-4506-9815-73693f27f564/order-on-award-of-counsel-fees. Accessed July 18, 2026.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL, Plaintiffs 

Vv. NO. WC .70-53~K 

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

ORDER 

Upon motion of plaintiffs for an award of counsel fees, 

and after due consideration of all matters pertinent to a 

correct decision, and having concluded, for the reasons set 

forth in Memorandum Opinion this date released, that plaintiffs’ 

counsel are entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and costs 

for their successful prosecution of the within cause; it is 

ORDERED 

That the members and Executive Secretary of the Miss- 

issippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, and their successors 

in office, be assessed in their official capacity with liability 

for the sum of $23,852 as attorneys' fees due and payable to 

plaintiffs' counsel ($22,102 to Melvyn R. Leventhal, $1,750 to 

James M. Nabrit, III), and $4,999.44 taxable costs incurred by 

plaintiffs in the prosecution of the suit. 

Jurisdiction is reserved to implement the mandate of. 

this order. 

This, 2nd day of March, l976. 

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