Legal Opinion
Villescas v. Abraham
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2002No. 01-1389PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Spencer Abraham, Secretary of the Department of Energy, appeals from a district court judgment awarding Carlos Villescas, a federal employee, $50,000 in compensatory damages for emo‘tional distress, and $152,530.85 in attorney’s fees and costs on a retaliation claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 633a (ADEA).
The narrow dispositive question is whether 29 U.S.C. § 633a(c) waives the sovereign immunity of the United States from an ADEA action seeking solely compensatory damages for emotional distress arising from…
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