CHERYL J. HOPWOOD, DOUGLAS W. §
CARVELL, KENNETH R. ELLIOTT, §
and DAVID A. ROGERS,
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Plaintiffs,
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VS.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS; UNIVERSITY §
OF TEXAS BOARD OF REGENTS;
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BERNARD RAPOPART, ELLEN C.
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TEMPLE, LOWELL H. LEBERMANN, §
JR., ROBERT J. CRUIKSHANK,
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THOMAS O. HICKS, ZAN W.
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HOLMES, TOM LOEFFLER, MARIO
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E. RAMIREZ, and MARTHA E.
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SMILEY, as members of the
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Board, in their official
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capacities; UNIVERSITY OF
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TEXAS AT AUSTIN; ROBERT M.
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BERDAHL, President of the
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University of Texas at Austin §
in his official capacity;
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF §
LAW; MARK G. YUDOF, Dean of
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the University of Texas
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School of Law in his official §
capacity; STANLEY M.
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JOHANSON, Professor of Law
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in his official capacity,
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Defendants.
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BE IT REMEMBERED on the 20th day of March 1998 the Court entered its memorandum opinion consisting of its findings of fact and conclusions of law in the above-captioned matter and, consistent with those findings and conclusions, enters the following judgment:
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the plaintiffs Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A. Rogers have judgments of and against the University of Texas at Austin in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) each, and further that the University of Texas at Austin as the University of Texas School of Law and its officers in their official capacities are hereby enjoined from taking into consideration racial preferences in the selection of those individuals to be admitted as students at the University of Texas School of Law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the plaintiffs Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A. Rogers TAKE NOTHING further in their causes of action against the defendants the State of Texas; the University of Texas Board of Regents; Bernard Rapopart, Ellen C. Temple, Lowell H. Leberman, Jr., Robert Cruikshank, Thomas O. Hicks, Zan W. Holmes, Jr., Tom Loeffler, Mario E. Ramirez, and Martha E. Smiley, as members of the Board of Regents in their official capacities; and Robert M. Berdahl, in his official capacity as President of the University of Texas at Austin.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the plaintiffs shall have and recover against the University of Texas at Austin the sum of $703,992.29 in attorneys' fees; costs in the amount of $58,135.50 incurred as of August 29, 1994, which includes an interest rate of 8.47 percent per annum (simple) from August 29, 1994, to the date of this judgment; and costs in the amount of $13,632.52 incurred as of October 1, 1996, which includes interest of 8.38 percent per annum (simple) from October 1, 1996, to the date of this judgment, for which let execution issue.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that this judgment shall bear interest of 5.407 percent from the date of this judgment until paid.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that all other relief requested by any party herein is DENIED as this is a final judgment.
SIGNED on this the 20th day of March 1998.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE