Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski County Special School Dist. No. 1, s. 85-1078

Decision Date24 March 1986
Docket NumberNos. 85-1078,85-1079 and 85-1081,s. 85-1078
Citation787 F.2d 372
Parties31 Ed. Law Rep. 412 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; Mac Faulkner; Charles Stratton; Don Hindman; Mack McAllister; Sheryl Dunn; David Sain; and Mildred Tatum, Appellants. Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua and Mayne Joshua; Rev. Robert Willingham, as next friend of minor Tonya Willingham; Sara Matthews, as next friend of Khayyan Davis, Alexa Armstrong and Karlos Armstrong; Mrs. Alvin Hudson as next friend of Tatia Hudson; Mrs. Hilton Taylor as next friend of Parsha Taylor, Hilton Taylor, Jr. and Brian Taylor; Rev. John M. Miles as next friend of Janice Miles Derrick Miles; Rev. Robert Willingham on behalf of and as President of the Little Rock Branch of NAACIP; Lorene Joshua on behalf of and as President of the North Little Rock Branch of the NAACIP; Katherine Knight, individually and as President of the Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association (LRCTA); LRCTA; Ed Bullington, individually and as President of the Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers (PACT); PACT; John Harrison, individually and as President of the North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association (NLRCTA); NLRCTA; Milton Jackson, individually and as a Noncertified Educational Support Employee of the Little Rock School District, Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, v. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Murry Witcher; Ginny Jones; Vicki Stephens; Leon Barnes; Marianne Gossner; and Steve Morley, Appellants. Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua and Mayne Joshua; Rev. Robert Willingham, as next friend of minor Tonya Willingham; Sara Matthews, as next friend of Khayyan Davis, Alexa Armstrong and Karlos Armstrong; Mrs. Alvin Hudson as next friend of Tatia Hudson; Mrs. Hilton Taylor as next friend of Parsha Taylor, Hilton Taylor, Jr. and Brian Taylor; Rev. John M. Miles as next friend of Janice Miles Derrick Miles; Rev. Robert Willingham on behalf of and as President of the
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, ROSS, McMILLIA...

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  • Corder v. Gates
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • October 16, 1991
    ...that less overall time was expended against it than was expended against its codefendants); Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski County Special School Dist., 787 F.2d 372, 374 (8th Cir.1986) (in a case involving intervenors, the circuit court apportions fees based on time expended), cert. de......
  • Jenkins by Agyei v. State of Mo.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • January 29, 1988
    ...657 F.2d 1118, 1125-26 (9th Cir.1981) (relative time); see generally Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, 787 F.2d 372, 374 (8th Cir.) (Arnold, J., concurring and dissenting), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1186, 106 S.Ct. 2926, 91 L.Ed.2d 554 (1986) (relativ......
  • McDonald v. Armontrout
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • November 9, 1988
    ...D.C. "cooperating" attorney who had been in practice approximately thirty years. See Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski County Special School Dist. No. 1, 787 F.2d 372, 374 (8th Cir.1986); D.R. at 322-46. See also infra pp. 1460-1461. We are satisfied that the District Court did not abuse ......
  • Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski County Special School Dist. No. 1
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • December 12, 1990
    ...consolidation of the three districts into one governmental unit. We rejected this claim in Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, 778 F.2d 404 (8th Cir.1985) (en banc), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1186, 106 S.Ct. 2926, 91 L.Ed.2d 554 (1986). We held, however, that......

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