Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 15, 1986No. 79 C 4373PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, District Judge.
Earlier in this action, Sears moved for attorneys’ 'fees pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(d).1 That motion became fully briefed on November 26, 1984, at which time the court continued the motion until the conclu*387sion of the case. On January 31, 1986, 628 F.Supp. 1264, this court issued its opinion, following a bench trial, ruling in Sears’ favor on all issues tried. In February, 1986, Sears filed an expanded motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11,2 28 U.S.C. § 1927,3 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k)4 and . “the court’s inherent duty to…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Northbrook Excess and Surplus Insurance Company v. Procter & Gamble Company, Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company and Procter & Gamble Distributing Company, Defendants-Counterclaimants-Appellants v. Commercial Union Insurance Company and American Employers Insurance Company, CounterclaimCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Corsair Asset Management, Inc. v. MoskovitzDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1992
- Green Construction Co. v. Kansas Power & Light Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1994
- Frederick v. City of PortlandDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1995
- Houghton v. Sipco, Inc.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1993
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