Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Martinez
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 24, 1979No. Nos. 77-2059, 77-2060PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
The sole question in this appeal is whether the District Court may award attorneys’ fees to the United States in a case where it has been sued “vexatiously and in bad faith” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Appellant maintains that such an award is barred by the plain language of the provision for attorneys’ fees contained in the Act. We disagree. In light of the Act’s legislative history and underlying purposes, we think that it left undisturbed the equitable principles which historically have…
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3Cited by40 opinions
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