Legal Opinion
In Re Burlington Northern, Inc. Employment Practices Litigation. Appeals of Mitchell White, Claude E. Brown, Charles Taylor, and Glen L. Pulley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 1987No. 86-3079, 86-3155PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
We decide this appeal today in conjunction with another appeal, 1 both of which arise from a massive class action filed under Title VII in the late 1970s alleging race discrimination against the Burlington Northern railroad. Both appeals concern a second round of attorneys’ fees sought by plaintiffs’ counsel. 2 This appeal presents the question of whether two particular law firms prevailed against Burlington Northern in post-settlement allocation proceedings and in the alternative whether a consent decree and related documents give rise to a contractual…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Billy Hooper v. Demco, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Rafaella Y. Nanetti v. University of Illinois at ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Chicago Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. City of WheatonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Zinn v. ShalalaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Sherry Eirhart and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Company and Lof Glass IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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