Legal Opinion
Joseph Young v. New Process Steel, LP
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 2005No. 04-11554PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal brings us a question of first impression: May a district court require, as a condition for appealing a judgment, that a losing plaintiff in a civil rights case post a Fed. R.App. P. 7 bond that includes the defendant’s anticipated appellate attorney’s fees? The front line position of the appellants in this case, plaintiffs who lost their Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 lawsuit, is that the district court cannot order them to post such a bond, regardless. Their fall back position is that the court cannot do it without making a finding consistent with…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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