Legal Opinion
Trudy Wilson-Simmons, Joseph R. Compoli, Jr. James R. Goodluck v. Lake County Sheriff's Department Daniel A. Dunlap
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2000No. 98-3553PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BELL, District Judge.
The Plaintiff, Trudy Wilson-Simmons, and her attorneys, Joseph R. Compoli, Jr., and James R. Goodluck, (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Appellants”) appeal the order of the district court awarding attorney fees against Wilson-Simmons and sanctioning her attorneys by holding them jointly and severally liable for the award on the grounds that the Plaintiffs racial discrimination and retaliation claims were frivolous, unreasonable and without foundation. We affirm.
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Wilson-Simmons has been employed as a corrections officer at the Lake County Sheriffs…
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