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WHITING v. JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 78-1338.

616 F.2d 116 (1980)

Dr. Robert E. WHITING, Ph.D., Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY and John A. Peoples, Individually and in his capacity as President of Jackson State University, Defendants-Appellants Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants cross appellees.

James G. McIntyre, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee cross appellant.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee, Dr. Robert Whiting, won a judgment in the district court for back pay, interest, and attorney's fee and costs. Our examination of the record convinces us that sufficient evidence was adduced to warrant jury submission on Whiting's statutory claims of racial discrimination in employment. However, we find that the district court failed to articulate its reasons for the amount of the attorney...

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