Legal Opinion
Shipes v. Trinity Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided December 28, 1987No. Civ. A. TY-80-462-CAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JUSTICE, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction.
This memorandum opinion relates to the remaining interim costs that the prevailing plaintiffs seek in regard to the liability phase of this action. The issue before the court boils down to whether the prevailing plaintiffs may be awarded, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 or 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k), the sums paid to certain specialists, who had worked on the statistical aspects of the liability phase of the case. Specifically, the effect of International Woodworkers of America v. Champion International Corporation, 790 F.2d 1174 (5th…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- International Woodworkers of America, Afl-Cio and Its Local No. 5-376 v. Champion International CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Forest Henry Shipes, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Cross-Appellants v. Trinity Industries, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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- Friedrich v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Mississippi State Chapter Operation Push v. MabusDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1992
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