Rosemary AUGUST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the awarding of costs under Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is mandatory or discretionary if the final judgment obtained by plaintiff is not more favorable than the defendant’s offer. In January 1977 the plaintiff-appellee Rosemary August, after receipt of a right to sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, initiated an action against the defendant-appellant Delta Air Lines, Inc., alleging, inter alia, that she was discharged from her position as flight attendant solely…