Legal Opinion

LABATI v. University of Miami

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 22, 2009No. 3D08-3162, 3D08-2605Published

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Judge.

Feme C. Labati, former Head Coach of the University of Miami’s women’s basketball program, appeals from a final summary judgment entered in the University’s favor on her claims of age and gender discrimination and from an order awarding attorneys’ fees to the University as part of a cost award in that action. See §§ 760.01-.10, Fla. Stat. (2008) (Florida’s Civil Rights Act); § 760.11(5), Fla. Stat (2008) (authorizing an award of attorney’s fees as part of a cost award in civil rights actions).

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Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
Holifield v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997

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