Legal Opinion
Rafaella Y. Nanetti v. University of Illinois at Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 1989No. 88-1355PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
After two tenure reviews and the filing of a sex discrimination suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Plaintiff Rafaella Y. Nanetti received a tenure offer from the University of Illinois at Chicago (the University). Nanetti did not receive, and seeks now, the payment of her attorneys’ fees.
The parties settled the discrimination suit, after the University offered Nanetti tenure at a salary of $34,720, but reserved the issue of attorneys’ fees for the district court to determine. The University argued that Nanetti is not a prevailing party…
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