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MONK v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC.

No. 77-2067.

599 F.2d 1378 (1979)

J. D. MONK et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Robert E. Piper, Jr., et al., Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel E. Richard, Jr., Charles G. Tutt, Shreveport, La., for movants-appellants.

John L. Schober, Jr., Shreveport, La., M. Curtiss McKee, Armin J. Moeller, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Roadway Express.

Edward B. Cloutman, III, Dallas, Tex., for Truck Drivers and Helpers Local.

Before TUTTLE, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this case we examine the propriety of assessing attorneys' fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988, 2000e-5(k)1 against the plaintiffs' attorneys in a Title VII case. Finding that the three statutes relied on by the district court do not support the assessment of attorneys' fees against attorneys, we vacate that portion of the district court's judgment which awards attorneys' fees...

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