Legal Opinion
Nancy C. Cherry v. Champion International Corporation, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1999No. 98-1618PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge LEE joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
The district court denied Champion International Corporation, the prevailing defendant in this Title VII action, the costs ordinarily awardable to prevailing parties under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(1) because of the plaintiffs “good faith, modest means, comparative lack of economic power, and the important public interest served by encouraging others in similar circumstances to pursue colorable Title VII claims.” Champion appeals,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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