Legal Opinion
Clark v. American Marine Corporation
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 13, 1970No. Civ. A. 16315PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
Rule VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. permits the court to “allow the prevailing party” a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.
These plaintiffs are entitled to such an award. They did not receive back wages, but they skillfully and successfully attacked a pattern of covert discrimination in employment, on behalf of a class composed of the victims of the discrimination, and secured extensive relief. By this undertaking, these obscure litigants assumed “the mantel of the sovereign.” Jenkins v. United Gas Corp., 5 Cir. 1968, 400 F.2d…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Quarles v. Philip Morris, IncorporatedDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
- Dobbins v. Local 212, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1968
- Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1967
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3Cited by99 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- 5 Fair empl.prac.cas. 587, 5 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8460 United States of America v. Georgia Power Company, Charles King v. Georgia Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Gilbert A. Cuneo v. Donald H. RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Fairley v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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