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JOHNSON v. UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Docket 80-7350, 80-7374.

629 F.2d 828 (1980)

Lillie Bell JOHNSON, Marion Freeman and Addie Fortson, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Gertrude Lanham, Ruth Kingston and Lillie McGhee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT and Local 1199, Drug and Hospital Union, Defendants-Appellants. Lillie Bell JOHNSON, Marion Freeman and Addie Fortson, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Gertrude Lanham, Ruth Kingston and Lillie McGhee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dion W. Moore, Pullman, Comley, Bradley & Reeves, Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant-appellant University of Bridgeport.

Mary Ellen Wynn, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before OAKES and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and NICKERSON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

While it is unusual for this court to write an opinion on a purely procedural matter, it appeared to us that it would be helpful to clarify whether statutorily authorized attorneys' fees, here under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k), and under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), are to be treated like contractually stipulated fees, hence barring an appeal prior to determination of them, or whether they...

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