DELTA AIR LINES, INC. v. COLBERT

No. 81-2551.

692 F.2d 489 (1982)

DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, v. Anita COLBERT, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

November 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Allan Kovar, Kovar Nelson & Brittain, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Shane H. Anderson, Reuben & Proctor, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and PELL, Circuit Judges.


DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the District Court abused its discretion in refusing to award court costs to an employer-defendant that prevailed in a racial discrimination and retaliation suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The plaintiff in that action was appellee Anita Colbert, a black flight attendant, who charged appellant Delta Air Lines with improperly suspending and then discharging her...

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