Legal Opinion
Sherry Eirhart and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Company and Lof Glass Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 1, 1993No. 91-3299PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In 1988 Libbey-Owens-Ford Company and LOF Glass, Inc. (collectively referred to as “Libbey”) settled a class action suit by 1,412 women who were excluded from employment based on Libbey’s minimum height and weight requirements. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the district court entered a consent decree, which became effective on October 1,1988. Since that time, the parties have had numerous disputes about interpretation of the decree and other post-decree matters. In this appeal, Libbey contests the district court’s decision to award the class attorneys’ fees…
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