Legal Opinion
20 Fair empl.prac.cas. 588, 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,283 J. D. Monk v. Roadway Express, Inc., Robert E. Piper, Jr., Movants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1979No. 77-2067PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
In this case we examine the propriety of assessing attorneys’ fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988, 2000e-5(k) 1 against the plaintiffs’ attorneys in a Title VII case. Finding that the three statutes relied on by the district court do not support the assessment of attorneys’ fees against attorneys, we vacate that portion of the district court’s judgment which awards attorneys’ fees to the defendants at the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ expense, and we remand to the district court for modification of the judgment to reflect only the excess costs caused by the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Browning Debenture Holders' Committee v. Dasa Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- United States v. National Ass'n of Real Estate BoardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Cecilia Browning v. Stephen J. Kramer, M.D., Intervenor-Appellant. And Lauren Kramer v. Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- John M. Hagerty v. Succession of Laura McCloskey ClementCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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