Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Fusari
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 26, 1975No. Civ. 15671PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAMPANO, District Judge.
RULING ON MOTION FOR AN AWARD OF COUNSEL FEES
This civil rights class action was commenced on March 8, 1973, challenging the constitutionality of Conn.Gen.Stat. § 31-236(5), which disqualified women from receiving unemployment compensation benefits in the two months before and after childbirth. After the complaint was filed, the Connecticut legislature repealed the statute, effective October 1, 1973, but enacted no provision for redress to women from whom benefits had been withheld by reason of the statute prior to that date.
Soon after the institution of the action, the…
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