Legal Opinion
Lacy v. General Electric Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-2958PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BECHTLE, District Judge.
At the close of trial in this Title VII action and pursuant to the Court’s direction, defendant General Electric Company (“G.E.”) has petitioned for an award of attorney’s fees. The Court requested that this petition be filed because the Court found that four of the plaintiff’s six claims of racial discrimination associated with his employment were totally frivolous. These four claims represented approximately 90% of the evidence at the trial and the remaining two claims should probably have been included in the six, but they are so arguably close…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hughes v. RepkoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Croker v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America Et Al.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Smith v. Smythe-Cramer Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Lucchino v. Commonwealth Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Lacy v. General Elec. CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- LeBeau v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Lorraine Lebeau, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, an Ohio Corporation, and Local 19, United Glass and Ceramic WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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