Legal Opinion
Migis v. Pearle Vision, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided October 28, 1996No. 3:95-cv-00491PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KAPLAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Melissa Migis has filed an application for fees, costs and expenses as the prevailing party in this Title VII case. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff is awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of $80,718.75 and $4,297.32 in costs and expenses.
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BACKGROUND
Plaintiff sued her former employer, Pearle Vision, Inc., for sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. Her claims were based on two different but related employment decisions. First, defendant eliminated her position as…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Melissa MIGIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. PEARLE VISION, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Deadra Combs v. City of Huntington, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Mary M. v. North Lawrence Community School Corp.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1997
- Riley v. City of Jackson, Miss.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1997
- Casarez v. Val Verde CountyDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1998
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