· 6/30/1987
Amina A. Soliman v. Ebasco Services Incorporated
Citations
- 822 F.2d 320
- 51 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1067
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 8373
- 43 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 37,200
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- holding that “independent of his client, an attorney has no personal right to an award of statutory attorney’s fees” pursuant to a civil rights statute which allowed for prevailing party fees
- finding attorney’s belief that client’s sanctions claim belonged to him to be “thoroughly mistaken”
- where appeal brought by attorney over client’s statement that it was without permission, sanctions were appropriate
- “[I]ndependent of his client, an attorney has no personal right to an award of statutory attorney’s fees under [Title VII].”
- “When a [material action] is [taken] without the client’s authorization and, in 3 Alix v. McKinsey & Co., 470 F. Supp. 3d 310, 317 (S.D.N.Y. 2020) (“A stipulation of dismissal filed under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) or (ii
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Judges: Lumbard, Meskill, Cardamone
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