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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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||]