Notice of Motion and Notice to Alter or Amend Judgement with Cover Letter

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State of Mississippi 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of the Attorney General 
JACKSON, M1ississIiPP1I 39205 

  

A.F. SUMMER PETER M. STOCKETT 
ATTORNEY GENERAL March 16, 1979 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL 

The Honorable William C. Keady 
Chief Judge 
United States District Court 
P. O. Drawer 190 
Greenville, Mississippi 38701 

Re: Delores Norwood, et al., v. 

D. L. Harrison, et al., 

Civil Action No. WC 70-53-K 
  

Dear Judge Keady: 

Enclosed is copy of Motion to Alter or Amend Judg- 
ment and Notice of Motion in the above-styled case, which I 
am today mailing to the clerk in Oxford for filing. Also 
enclosed is original and copy of Memorandum in support of 
motion. 

I am today mailing a copy of these papers to Bill 
Lann Lee, Esquire, attorney for Plaintiffs. 

With very best wishes, 

Very truly yours, 

Peter M. Stockett, Jr. 

Assistant Attorney General 

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Enclosures 

cc: Bill Lann Lee, Esquire 
Mr. Norman L. Gillespie, Clerk 

 



  

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5-12-21 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs 

y 7 : CIVIL ACTION NO. WC 70-53-K 

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

Defendants 

NOTICE OF MOTION 
  

TO: Bill Lann Lee, Esquire 
10 Columbus Circle 

Suite 2030 

New York, New York 10019 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 
  

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants will bring on for 

hearing their Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment before the Honor- 

able William C. Keady, United States District Judge, at a time 

and place to be set by the Court. 

A. F. SUMMER, ATTORNEY GENERAL 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 

PETER M. STOCKETT, JR. 

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 

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IN -THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs 

Vv. CIVIL ACTION NO. WC 70-53-K 

D. L. HARRISON, SR., ET AlL., 

Defendants. 

MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT 
  

COME NOW the Defendants, Governor Cliff Finch, Charles 

E. Holladay, Jean McCool, Larry Tynes, T. M. Stone, and W. A. 

Matthews, by their attorneys, and respectfully move the Court, 

pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

to alter or amend the Order for the payment of attorneys' fees 

and costs by this Court on March 12, 1979 and filed in the of- 

fice of the Clerk of the Court on the same date. 

Defendants specifically move the Court to alter or 

amend said Order in one of the following alternative respects: 

(1) The Court should delete all provisions for the 

payment of interest on the award of attorneys' fees and costs 

before and after December 1, 1978, so that the Judgment in fa- 

vor of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund/Melvyn R. Leventhal, should 

be reduced to $22,102, without interest; the Judgment in favor 

of NAACP Legal Defense Fund/James M. Nabrit, III should be re- 

duced to $1,750, without interest; - the Judgment in favor 

 



  

of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund should be reduced to $4,999.44, 

without interest; the Judgment in favor of Melvyn R. Leventhal 

and Bill Lann Lee for attorneys' fees should be reduced to $3,100, 

without interest; and the Judgment in favor of Melvyn R. Leven- 

thal and Bill Lann Lee for reimbursable costs should be reduced 

to $553.50, without interest, or; 

(2) The Court should, in the event it decides not to 

delete all provisions for the payment of interest on the award 

of attorneys' fees and costs before and after December 1, 1978, 

amend said Order so as to provide that the amounts ordered to 

be paid thereby as interest should be placed in an escrow ac- 

count under the control and supervision of the Court. 

Upon due consideration of this motion and accompanying 

memorandum, Defendants respectfully move the Court to alter 

or amend its Order of March 12, 1979 as specified above. 

Respectfully yours, 

A. F. SUMMER, ATTORNEY GENERAL 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 

PETER M., STOCKETT, JR. 

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 

Attorneys for Defendants 
  

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

I, Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Assistant Attorneh General 

for the State of Mississippi and one of the attorneys for De- 

fendants in the above-styled and numbered case, do hereby certify 

that I have this day mailed via United States Postal Service, 

first class postage prepaid, a true and correct copy of Notice 

of Motion and Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment to: 

Bill Lann Lee, Esquire 
10 Columbus Circle 
Suite 2030 

New York, New York 10019 

This, the / {+} day of March, 1979. 

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