Legal Opinion
Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1978No. 76-1383PublishedCited by 2,875 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
Section 706 (k) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides:
“In any action or proceeding under this title the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party ... a reasonable attorney’s fee . ...”
The question in this case is under what circumstances an attorney’s fee should be allowed when the defendant is the prevailing party in a Title VII action' — a question about which the federal courts have expressed divergent views.
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Two years after Rosa Helm had filed a Title VII charge of racial discrimination against the petitioner Christiansburg Garment Co. (company), the Equal…
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