Legal Opinion
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 2, 1975No. 740, Docket 74-2581PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
The principal question on this appeal is whether, in a suit against a state by its employees attacking its retirement plan as discriminating on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Eleventh Amendment bars a federal court from granting, in addition to injunctive relief, monetary damages and attorneys’ fees. We hold that the state is shielded by the Eleventh Amendment against an award of damages but not against an award of attorneys’ fees that is ancillary to the permissible grant of prospective injunc-tive relief..
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2Cases cited67 opinions
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