Legal Opinion
Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1989No. 88-608PublishedCited by 316 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
Section 706(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. §2000e-5(k), provides in relevant part that a “court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the [Equal Employment Opportunity] Commission or the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.” In this case we must determine under what circumstances § 706(k) permits a court to award attorney’s fees against in-tervenors who have not been found to have violated the Civil Rights Act or any other federal law.
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This controversy began in 1970 when respondents, female flight attendants of Trans World…
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