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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AND ORDERS RE: SFNAACP PLAINTIFFS' SUPPLEMENTARY ATTORNEY FEE AND 

COST MOTION AND AWARD — Case No. C-78-1445 WHA & Related Case No. C-94-2418 WHA 

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THOMAS I. ATKINS 

135 Eastern Parkway, Suite 11-B-1 

Brooklyn, New York 11238 

Telephone: 718.638.4153 

PETER GRAHAM COHN (SBN 76085) 

315 Keokuk Street 

Petaluma, California 94952 

Telephone: 707.778.6945 

JAMES L. HUNT (SBN 40866) 

MARGARET A. McLETCHIE (SBN 223240) 

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.393.2000 

ROBERT RUBIN (SBN 85084) 

DIANA C. TATE (SBN 232264) 

LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 

 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: 415.543.9444 

Attorneys for SFNAACP Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SAN FRANCISCO NAACP, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

BRIAN HO, by his parent and next friend, 

CARL HO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. C-78-1445 WHA 

Related Case No. C-94-2418 WHA 

STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AND 

ORDERS RE: SFNAACP 

PLAINTIFFS' SUPPLEMENTARY 

ATTORNEY FEE AND COST 

MOTION AND AWARD 
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Additional Counsel 

MAREE F. SNEED 

HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P. 

555 Thirteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 637-5600 

DAVID CAMPOS, GENERAL COUNSEL 

SFUSD

555 Franklin Street 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

(415) 241-6054 

Attorneys for SFUSD Defendants 

ROBIN B. JOHANSEN, ESQ. 

THOMAS A. WILLIS, ESQ. 

REMCHO, JOHANSEN & PURCELL 

201 Dolores Avenue 

San Leandro, CA 94577 

(510) 346-6200 

Attorneys for State Defendants, 

Jack O'Connell, Superintendent of 

Public Instruction and California 

Department of Education 
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PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 42 U.S.C. §1988, THE CIVIL 

RIGHTS ATTORNEYS FEE AWARD ACT, THE SFNAACP PLAINTIFFS, THE SAN 

FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DEFENDANTS AND THE STATE 

DEFENDANTS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS, DO HEREBY STIPULATE 

AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING FACTS AND THE ENTRY BY THE COURT OF 

THE BELOW ORDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE NOVEMBER 29, 2005, FEE AND 

COST MOTION AND APPLICATION OF THE SFNAACP COUNSEL: 

1. On November 29, 2005, the SFNAACP counsel filed with the Court and 

served the SFUSD and State Defendants a motion and application for supplementary attorney 

fees and costs containing declarations and detailed time and cost records showing work done, 

time spent and costs expended by the SFNAACP Plaintiffs' counsel to further implement, 

enforce and monitor the remedial phase of the school desegregation Consent Decree litigation in 

the above entitled case from November 1, 2001 through November 21, 2005 (the "Covered 

Period"). 

2. The SFNAACP Plaintiffs were the prevailing parties in the SFNAACP v.

SFUSD case which resulted in the entry of a comprehensive school desegregation Consent 

Decree in 1983. The Consent Decree was subsequently amended in 1993, 1999 and 2001. 

Plaintiffs met their 42 U.S.C. Section 1988 prevailing party standard with the entry of the 

original Consent Decree. As prevailing parties, the SFNAACP plaintiffs are entitled to 

reasonable attorney fees and costs for monitoring the Consent Decree. 

3. The SFNAACP plaintiffs originally requested $1,124,193.94 for the fees 

and costs expended during the Covered Period. 

4. Counsel for the State and Local Defendants, who are familiar with the 

course of the litigation in this matter, have reviewed the fee and cost records regarding the work 

performed and costs expended. The SFNAACP plaintiffs' counsel and the State and Local 

Defendants' counsel have met and conferred extensively since the submission and have agreed to 

a settlement of the request in the amount of $700,000.00. 

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5. The settlement of this fee and cost request will spare the Court and the 

parties the effort and expense of further litigation. 

6. The Local Defendants agreed to pay 87-1/2% of the total amount 

($612,500.00) and the State defendants agreed to pay 12-1/2% ($87,500.00), such amounts 

representing a fair and reasonable allocation of responsibility between the Local Defendants and 

State Defendants for such fees and costs. 

7. If approved, this stipulation represents a full and final settlement of the 

SFNAACP Plaintiffs' claim for fees and costs during the Covered Period. 

STIPULATED ORDERS RE: SFNAACP PLAINTIFFS' 

SUPPLEMENTARY MOTION AND AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS

GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 

1988, the parties through their undersigned counsel stipulate to the Court issuing orders granting 

the foregoing motion, application and stipulation for an award of attorney fees and costs incurred 

by the SFNAACP Plaintiffs' counsel for the period from November 1, 2001 through November 

21, 2005. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The State and Local Defendants shall pay to the SFNAACP Plaintiffs the total 

amount of $700,000.00 for necessary attorney fees and costs expended by Plaintiffs' counsel 

during the Covered Period. 

2. The San Francisco Unified School District, its Board and its Superintendent 

shall pay 87-1/2% of the total amount ($612,500.00) with the remaining 12-1/2% ($87,500.00) 

being paid by the California State Department of Education and the State Superintendent of 

Public Instruction, such amounts representing a fair and reasonable allocation of responsibility 

between the Local Defendants and State Defendants for such fees and costs; 

3. Both payments shall be made to Peter Graham Cohn, Attorney for the 

SFNAACP Plaintiffs herein, and shall be distributed by him to SFNAACP Plaintiffs' counsel. 

4. With respect to the SFUSD, the SFUSD shall make its payment to SFNAACP 

Plaintiffs’ counsel on the following schedule: 
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a. By January 31, 2006, SFUSD shall pay $153,125.00. 

b. On or before July 1, 2006, SFUSD shall pay $459,375.00. 

5. The court shall retain jurisdiction for the limited purpose of insuring 

compliance with this stipulation and these orders for payment of attorneys’ fees and costs. 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the amounts herein ordered to be 

paid by the SFUSD, its Board of Education and its Superintendent shall be deemed to be "court 

mandated costs" within the meaning of former California Education Code Sections 42243.6 and 

42249, and any other applicable provision of California law, and the San Francisco Unified 

School District shall be entitled to submit its claim for reimbursement immediately and be 

reimbursed forthwith. 

Dated: December 15, 2005 

THOMAS I. ATKINS 

PETER GRAHAM COHN 

JAMES L. HUNT 

MARGARET A. McLETCHIE 

ROBERT RUBIN 

DIANA TATE 

Attorneys for SFNAACP Plaintiffs 

MAREE F. SNEED 

HOGAN & HARTSON 

DAVID CAMPOS, General Counsel 

SFUSD

Attorneys for San Francisco Unified School 

District Defendants 

ROBIN B. JOHANSEN 

THOMAS A. WILLIS 

REMCHO, JOHANSEN & PURCELL 

Attorneys for State Defendants Jack O'Connell, 

Superintendent of Public Instruction, and 

California Department of Education 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

 United States District Court Judge 
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PROOF OF SERVICE 

Case No. C-78-1445 WHA & Related Case No. C-94-2418 WHA

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I am over 18 years of age, not a party to this action and employed in San 

Francisco, California at Three Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California 94111-4067. I am 

readily familiar with the practice of this office for collection and processing of correspondence 

for mailing with the United States Postal Service and correspondence is deposited with the 

United States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary course of business. Today I served the 

attached document[s]: 

STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AND ORDERS RE: SFNAACP 

PLAINTIFFS' SUPPLEMENTARY ATTORNEY FEE AND COST 

MOTION AND AWARD

by causing a true and correct copy of the above to be placed in the United States Mail at San 

Francisco, California in sealed envelope(s) with postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

DANIEL GIRARD 

Girard Gibbs & De Bartolomeo 

601 California Street, #1400 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

PATRICK J. MANSHARDT 

Southwest Legal Foundation 

601 W. Fifth Street, 8th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

ROBIN B. JOHANSEN 

THOMAS A. WILLIS 

Remcho, Johansen & Purcell 

201 Dolores Avenue 

San Leandro, CA 94577 

DAVID F. CAMPOS 

General Counsel 

555 Franklin Street, Third Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

THOMAS I. ATKINS 

135 Eastern Parkway, Suite 11-B-1 

Brooklyn, New York 11238 

PETER GRAHAM COHN 

315 Keokuk Street 

Petaluma, California 94952 

JAMES L. HUNT 

MARGARET A. McLETCHIE 

Bingham McCutchen LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111 

ROBERT RUBIN 

DIANA C. TATE 

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the 

 San Francisco Bay Area 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, California 94105 

DAVID I. LEVINE 

Hastings College of the Law 

200 McAllister Street 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

ANTHONY K. LEE 

Attorney at Law 

580 California Street, 16th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

JOHN W. BORKOWSKI 

Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. 

546 Carondelet Street 

New Orleans, LA 70130 

MAREE F. SNEED 

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 

555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20004-1109
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PROOF OF SERVICE 

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THOMAS J. KLITGAARD 

SPECIAL MASTER 

Dillingham & Murphy, LLP 

225 Bush Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

PROFESSOR STUART BIEGEL 

UCLA-Graduate School of Education 

 and Information Studies 

405 Hillgard 

Los Angeles, CA 90025 

J. DAVID RAMIREZ, Dean 

School of Education 

Long Island University 

1 University Avenue 

Pratt Building, Room 215 

Brooklyn, NY 11021-5327 

DR. GARY ORFIELD 

Harvard Graduate School of Education 

6 Appian Way 

Gutman Library, Room 442 

Cambridge, MA 02138 

LAUREEN CHEW 

439 45th Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94121 

HOOVER LIDDELL 

20 Havelock 

San Francisco, CA 94112 

GWEN STEPHENS 

780 Casmalia Way 

Sacramento, CA 95864 

DR. ROBERT L. GREEN 

4450 Copper Hill Drive 

Okemos, MI 48864 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on December 15, 2005. 

 

 LINDA K. VALLIN