Legal Opinion
Gudenkauf v. Stauffer Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1998No. 97-3063, 97-3068PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.
Michaela A. Gudenkauf brought this discrimination action against her former employer, Stauffer Communications, Inc., alleging that she was terminated in violation of several federal statutes. A jury found that Stauffer’s firing of Ms. Gudenkauf was motivated in part by her pregnancy, but that she would have been terminated in any event. Because of this determination, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(g)(2)(B) precluded Ms. Gudenkauf from an award of reinstatement, back pay, or damages, but the district court held she was entitled to an award of attorney’s fees and costs. After…
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