Legal Opinion
Neoma Shafer, Judith Ann Parks v. Army & Air Force Exchange Service United States Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2004No. 03-10074, 03-10220PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The Plaintiff-Appellee, Judith Ann Parks, was awarded over $1,000,000 in compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees by the district court. This award followed the district court’s wholesale adoption of the factual findings and legal recommendations of a report prepared by a special master. A central dispute in this confusing case concerns whether the special master exceeded his authority by considering claims made by Parks in a separate lawsuit, which was never formally referred to the special master or otherwise consolidated with the contempt proceeding arising…
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