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COPELAND v. MARTINEZ

Nos. 77-2059, 77-2060.

603 F.2d 981 (1979)

Barbara N. COPELAND, Appellant, v. Samuel R. MARTINEZ, Director Community Services Administration, (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, with whom Alexander G. Park, Washington, D. C., and Bill Lann Lee, New York City, were on the brief, for appellant.

Alice L. Mattice, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts pro hac vice by special leave of Court with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Charles E. Hill and Douglas L. Parker, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Also Paul Blankenstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

The sole question in this appeal is whether the District Court may award attorneys' fees to the United States in a case where it has been sued "vexatiously and in bad faith" under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Appellant maintains that such an award is barred by the plain language of the provision for attorneys' fees contained in the Act. We disagree. In light of the Act...

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