E.E.O.C. v. CHRISTIANSBURG GARMENT CO., INC.

No. 75-2131.

550 F.2d 949 (1977)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellee, v. CHRISTIANSBURG GARMENT COMPANY, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Sturges, Charlotte, N. C. (John J. Doyle, Jr., Weinstein, Sturges, Odom, Bigger & Jonas, Charlotte, N. C., William B. Poff, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Marleigh Dover Lang, Atty., E. E. O. C. (Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel, Richard S. Cohen and Ramon v. Gomez, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

After successfully defending an action brought against it by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Commission) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., (Supp.1972), Christiansburg Garment Company, Inc., (Christiansburg) petitioned the district court for an allowance of attorney's fees under Section 706(k) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). The petition was denied...

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