Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1987No. 86-4480PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
Capital Security Services, Inc., (Capital) appeals complaining that the district court erred in denying it attorney’s fees as sanctions against the plaintiffs Patricia Thomas, Bernadine Doss, Georgia Evans, and Rose Clark, and their attorneys. For reason stated below, we affirm in part and vacate in part and remand.
I
This appeal springs from an employment discrimination action brought by the plaintiffs against their former employer Capital. The plaintiffs were all security officers for Capital when they were discharged from their positions in October 1983.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Morris Obin v. District No. 9 of the International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
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