Clark v. American Marine Corp.

5th Cir.

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Citations: 437 F.2d 959, 3 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 155

Decision Date: 2/10/1971

Docket Number: No. 30034

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Clark v. American Marine Corp., 437 F.2d 959, 3 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 155 (5th Cir. 1971)

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Alex CLARK, John T. Magee, and Robert Turner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN MARINE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Attorneys

Richard C. Keenan, Samuel Lang, Fred A. Kullman, Kullman, Lang, Keenan, Inman & Bee, New Orleans, La., for appellant.
A. M. Trudeau, Jr., Lolis E. Elie, New Orleans, La., Franklin E. White, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit. III. William L. Robinson, Robert Belton, Sylvia Drew, New York City, for appellees.
Marian Halley, Russell Specter, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Comm., Washington, D. C., Stanley P. Hebert, Gen. Counsel, Washington D.C., amici curiae for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

majority PER CURIAM:

The only qüestion this appeal presents is whether the.district court’s award of attorneys’ fees was reasonable within the meaning of Section 706 (k) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). The judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Alvin Rubin’s opinion order dated April 24, 1970, Clark v. American Marine Corporation, D.C., 320 F.Supp. 709.

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