Judgment

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December 4, 1978

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     [||b38646c7-f349-454e-88b6-7130568874df||] Sey UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

  

Post OFFICE DRAWER 190 

GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 38701 

WiLLiaMm C. KeEADY 
CHIEF JUDGE 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, 

  

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& il de Lo lecntcems re &/ Ce. CA. / 

William C. Keady A 
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Enclosure 

cc: Hon. Bill Lann Lee Mr. Larry Tynes 
10 Columbus Circle Durant High School 
New York, New York 10019Durant, Miss. 39063 

Hon. Peter Stockett Mrs. Jean McCool 
Box 220 Box 727 
Jackson, Miss. 39205 Moss Point, Miss. 39563 

Hon. A. P. Summer Mr. Charles E. Holladay 
Box 220 Supt. of Education 
Jackson, Miss. 39205 Jackson, Miss. 39205 

Hon. Cliff Pinch Mr. W. A. Matthews 
Governor Box 1075 
Jackson, Miss. 39205 Jackson, Miss. 39205 . 

Mr. Ed Pittman Mr. PT. M. Stone 
Treasurer Potts Camp, Miss. 38659 
State of Miss, 
Jackson, Miss. 39205   
 



  

IN THE UNITED 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 plaintifes 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 FP. 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 

des lgiated 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 1, 

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 | 

re
) rincipal award for costs of $4,999.44, together with interest at 

 



  

of 4% 

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

1978, with interest accruing at the rate of $1,10 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. 

Wiis Qa 
  

Chief Judge 
United States District Court [||b38646c7-f349-454e-88b6-7130568874df||] 

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