Legal Opinion
Whiting v. Jackson State University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1980No. 78-1338PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Appellee, Dr. Robert Whiting, won a judgment in the district court for back pay, interest, and attorney’s fee and costs. Our examination of the record convinces us that *120sufficient evidence was adduced to warrant jury submission on Whiting’s statutory claims of racial discrimination in employment. However, we find that the district court failed to articulate its reasons for the amount of the attorney’s fee award as required by our previous holdings. Consequently, we affirm the award of the back pay, interest and costs, but remand to the lower court for a reconsideration…
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3Cited by164 opinions
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