Legal Opinion
Loeffler v. Tisch
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1986No. Nos. 84-2553, 84-2574PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a Title VII case brought against the Postmaster General of the United States in his capacity as head of the United States Postal Service. The plaintiff, Theodore J. Loeffler, complained that he had been fired because of his sex. He has prevailed on the merits. The question presented is whether prejudgment interest can be awarded as an element of the relief. We hold that it cannot be.
This issue first came before us in Cross v. United States Postal Service, 733 F.2d 1327 (8th Cir.1984). There, a panel of this Court held, with Judge Arnold dissenting, that sovereign…
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