Legal Opinion
Petete v. Consolidated Freightways
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided June 17, 1970No. Civ. A. 3-3813-BPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL
HUGHES, District Judge.
On this the 5th day of June, 1970, came to be considered the motion of plaintiff in the above entitled case for appointment of an attorney.
The Court notes from the affidavit accompanying plaintiff’s motion that plaintiff, while not a pauper, is without sufficient funds to hire an attorney and that plaintiff’s repeated good faith efforts to obtain the services of an attorney on a contingent fee basis have failed —due at least in part to the complex nature of a lawsuit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Inasmuch as plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Samuel Culpepper, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Reynolds Metals Company, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
3Cited by19 opinions
- Nancy S. Bradshaw, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. Zoological Society of San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Fulton CASTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- George L. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALGREEN’S DISTRIBUTION CENTER, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Sandra J. DREW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Aljoe Poindexter v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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