Legal Opinion
Jane M. Wooldridge v. Marlene Industries Corporation and Russell Sportswear Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1990No. 88-5727PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants Marlene Industries Corporation and Russell Sportswear Corporation, Marlene’s subsidiary, 1 appeal the District Court’s award of $293,399.24 in Title VII attorneys’ fees to the class representative in this class action sex discrimination suit. The suit was brought to challenge the defendants’ maternity leave policy, which forced pregnant employees to take a leave of absence for a prescribed period before and after childbirth. The District Court found that the defendants did enforce a policy that violated Title VII, but only at their plants in…
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