Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Southwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1989No. Nos. 85-1138, 86-1552, 87-1083 and 87-1383PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Gregory R. Wilson filed a class action suit against Southwest Airlines, alleging that Southwest’s policy of hiring only female flight attendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the liability trial in which the district court found for the class, the court approved the parties’ consent decree, under which, inter alia, Southwest gave male hires retroactive seniority and created a $1 million back-pay fund to compensate victims of the hiring policy. The court also ordered Southwest to pay $275,000 in attorneys’ fees to class counsel for…
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