Legal Opinion
Trout v. Secretary of Navy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 2, 2008No. 07-5053PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
In the latest saga of this apparently never-ending battle between the parties over liability and damages for violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the district court denied a motion of Appellants Trout, et at., (“the Trout class”) seeking pre-November 21, 1991, interest on back-pay and attorneys’ fees awarded to them for being subject to sex discrimination in employment during the 1970’s. The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which included a provision for the award of prejudgment interest, was enacted on November 21 of…
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