· 5/7/1976
Odessa CARRION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 535 F.2d 722
- 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 11445
- 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 10,919
- 13 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1521
How courts have described this case
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- affirming fees award when plaintiffs sued in federal court after “substantially the same” issues were decided in state court and noting that “in view of the failure of the previous litigation” the plaintiff’s counsel had reason to be aware that an award of fees was possible
- the plaintiff’s testimony was characterized as an “unmitigated tissue of lies” by the trial judge
- the plaintiff’s testimony was characterized as an “unmitigated tissue of lies” by the trial judge, who awarded attorney’s fees to the defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k)
- defendant \certainly not made whole\ by fee award of $5,000
- defendant “certainly not made whole” by fee award of $5,000
- “unreasonable, frivolous, meritless or vexatious”
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Judges: Friendly, Mansfield, Mulligan
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