Legal Opinion
Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 4, 1983No. Civ. A. 2111-70PublishedCited by 397 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
AUBREY E. ROBINSON, JR., Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
This case is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ application for an award of over $5 million in reasonable attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). The application is the most recent — although certainly not the final — stage of this protracted Title VII and Equal Pay Act litigation. The action has been an extraordinary undertaking in many respects, consuming thirteen years and thousands of personnel hours and raising numerous issues under both statutes. It was virtually inevitable that the action would culminate in…
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- Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- 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
- National Association of Concerned Veterans, Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Secretary of Defense, Appellants/cross-Appellees. Mark Green and Corporate Accountability Research Group v. Department of Commerce, Beverly L. B. Parker v. Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by397 opinions
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- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Grendel's Den, Inc. v. John P. Larkin, Cambridge License Commission, Grendel's Den, Inc. v. John P. LarkinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Covington v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Rodriguez Ex Rel. Estate of Rodriguez v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011
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