Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kenneth Balk & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1987No. 86-1147PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appeals from the district court’s order, 626 F.Supp. 270, awarding attorneys’ fees to Kenneth Balk and Associates (KBA), the prevailing defendant in an employment discrimination suit that the EEOC brought. Because the record fails to establish that the EEOC’s suit was frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation, the district court erred in awarding attorneys’ fees to KBA. We therefore reverse.
BACKGROUND
KBA discharged Margo A. Mischeaux, a black woman, in March, 1983, and Mischeaux filed an employment discrimination…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Morris Obin v. District No. 9 of the International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- John Paul Jones v. Texas Tech UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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