E. E. O. C. v. KORN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 80-1606.

662 F.2d 256 (1981)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant and Ruth Stukes, Plaintiff, v. KORN INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allyson K. Duncan, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C. (Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Vella M. Fink, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., on brief) for appellant.

Harry C. Wilson, Sumter, S. C. (Nash, Chappell, Wilson & Booth, Sumter, S. C., on brief), and Karl W. McGhee, Wilmington, N. C. (Stevens, McGhee, Morgan & Lennon, Wilmington, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and RAMSEY, District Judge.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

In this class action arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the Commission) sought compensatory and injunctive relief for alleged racial discrimination by Korn Industries. Although the trial court held in the Commission's favor on the issue of liability, the Commission contends on appeal that the damages awarded were inadequate.

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