Legal Opinion

Phyllis JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLOR TILE, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 27, 1986No. 86-4326PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the district court erred in determining that appellant’s Title VII case was “frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation, even though not brought in subjective bad faith” so as to warrant an award of attorney’s fees to the defendant under the quoted rubric of Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC, 434 U.S. 412, 421, 98 S.Ct. 694, 700, 54 L.Ed.2d 648 (1978). Neither the amount of the award nor the court’s disposition of the merits of the cause is called in question before us. Nor is any factual finding of the trial court. We affirm.

The trial court found…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Tutton v. Garland Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1990
  2. Card v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1989
  3. Prewitt v. AlexanderDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1996
  4. Stahl v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1991
  5. Herdahl v. Pontotoc County School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1997

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