EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY v. SAFEWAY STORES

Nos. 78-1986, 78-1987.

597 F.2d 251 (1979)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee, and Cross-Appellant, and Retail Clerks Union, Local No. 7, Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 634, the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 1, Delivery Drivers, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local Union No. 435, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Local No. 537, Warehouse and Distribution Employees Union, Local No. 452, Bakery Wagon Drivers and Salesmens Local Union No. 219, and District Lodge No. 86, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Rule 19(a)(2) Defendants, and Benjamin Maes, Claimant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Hart, Gregory A. Eurich and Richard W. Comfort, Jr., Denver, Colo., for Safeway Stores, Incorporated, defendant-appellee and cross-appellant.

Richard A. Winkel, Denver, Colo., for Benjamin Maes, claimant-appellant and cross-appellee.

Before McWILLIAMS, McKAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal relate to an award of attorney's fees in a Title VII employment discrimination case. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint against Safeway Stores charging discriminatory employment practices. A consent decree was entered in that proceeding which, inter alia, reserved individual claims of discrimination for resolution by a court-appointed Special Master.

Benjamin Maes, a...

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