Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1972No. 72-1075PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
In this appeal Mrs. Sylvia Roberts asks that the attorney’s fees allowed her by the district court in the amount of $15,000 be increased to $46,800 for her successful representation of the plaintiff-appellant in Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., 5 Cir. 1969, 408 F.2d 228. A majority of this Court holds that the district court acted well within its judicial discretion in awarding a fee of $15,000 to Mrs. Roberts.
Weeks was a Title VII case. Lorena Weeks was employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Savannah, Georgia. In April 1966 she bid on the job of switchman. For…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Campbell v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Clark v. American Marine CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- Alex Clark, John T. Magee, and Robert Turner v. American Marine CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Connecticut Importing Co. v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Mrs. Althea ANTHONY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Adam BAXTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAVANNAH SUGAR REFINING CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Waters v. Wisconsin Steel Works of International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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