Legal Opinion
Garner v. Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2009No. 07-3602PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are 12 African-American employees of the Cuyahoga County Juve nile Court (the CCJC) and their attorney Merrie M. Frost. They appeal the district court’s order imposing costs and attorney fees against them for maintaining frivolous discrimination claims long after those claims had clearly become groundless. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM in part and REVERSE in part the judgment of the district court, and REMAND the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Parties on appeal
The CCJC itself was…
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