Legal Opinion
Fedorchick v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 14, 1978No. 77-2153PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal raises the question whether the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, Pub.L. No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641, permits an award of fees against the United States in a suit under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d et seq. Since we agree with the district court that the Attorney’s Fees Act does not operate as a waiver of sovereign immunity in this context, we affirm.
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