Legal Opinion
David Pittington v. Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2018No. 17-5590PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Daughtrey) J.,
SUTTON, J. (pp. 809-12), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs who successfully prove that they were fired in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VH”) are presumptively entitled to back pay for the amount they would have earned had they not been- unlawfully terminated. Such awards are intended to compensate fully plaintiffs for the wrongs that they suffered. For the same reason, an award of prejudgment interest on the back pay owed is also nearly always appropriate. We conclude from these principles that a…
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