Legal Opinion
Trout v. Garrett
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 15, 1989No. Nos. 88-5264, 89-5137PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*34Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.
In this Title VII case commenced in 1973,1 the district court, in 1988, ordered the government to pay plaintiffs an interim attorney’s fee award pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). Objecting on grounds of sovereign immunity, the government seeks immediate review by appeal or mandamus. Finding the sovereign immunity objection misguided, we deny the petition for mandamus and dismiss the appeal.
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Plaintiffs in this long-litigated case complained of individual and class-wide sex discrimination…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- 15 Fair empl.prac.cas. 827, 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7842 Patrick James v. Stockham Valves and Fittings Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Califano v. WestcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Banks v. Office of the Senate Sergeant-At-ArmsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- Marathon Oil Company and Mobile Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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