LAMPHERE v. BROWN UNIVERSITY

No. 79-1283.

610 F.2d 46 (1979)

Louise LAMPHERE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BROWN UNIVERSITY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harold Flannery, Boston, Mass., with whom Laurence S. Fordham, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., Peter J. McGinn, Richard A. Sherman and Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Milton Stanzler, Providence, R. I., with whom Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before ALDRICH and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, BONSAL, District Judge.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Lamphere, a female faculty member of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, brought a class action in the district court pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., alleging discrimination against women with respect to tenure. Lengthy discovery and other pretrial proceedings, preparation and negotiations, occupying in total over 3,500 hours, led eventually to a settlement and...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases