Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Alex Clark, John T. Magee, and Robert Turner v. American Marine Corporation

Alex Clark, John T. Magee, & Robert Turner v. Am. Marine Corp., 437 F.2d 959 (5th Cir. 1971)

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-02-10
Topic
general

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CLARK v. AMERICAN MARINE CORPORATION,437 F.2d 959(5th Cir. 1971)
Alex CLARK, John T. Magee, and Robert Turner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.
AMERICAN MARINE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 30034.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
February 10, 1971.
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.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Alvin B. Rubin, Judge.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, WISDOM, and RONEY, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The only question this appeal presents is whether the district court's award of attorneys' fees was reasonable withinPage 960the 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.Page 1011