COMACHO v. COLORADO ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE

No. 77-1144.

590 F.2d 887 (1979)

Irene (Salazar) COMACHO, Appellee, v. COLORADO ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Mason, Colorado Springs, Colo., for appellant.

Gregory Walta, Colorado Springs, Colo., for appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Irene Comacho brought this Title VII action against the Colorado Electronic Technical College, and prevailed. The school has appealed only the amount of the back pay award and the attorney fees.

These two factors are, of course, left to the discretion of the trial court under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(g) and (k), and the appellate court will not disturb the awards by the trial court short of an abuse of discretion. Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody...

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