PATE v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DIST.

No. 81-4400.

697 F.2d 870 (1983)

Donna PATE, Kathleen Lewis, Beverly Lowe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT; Alan L. Bingham, as General Manager and Robert J. Shamoon, Personnel Manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay J. Price, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., Daniel J. Ready, Jr., Meier, Kassis & Ready, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Alice M. Beasley, John H. Erickson, Erickson, Beasley & Hewitt, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KENNEDY, ALARCON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Alameda Contra Costa Transit District (hereinafter A-C Transit) appeals from the order of the district court awarding attorney's fees to appellees' counsel in a Title VII action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(k).

A-C Transit does not dispute the fact that appellees were entitled to attorney's fees as prevailing parties. A-C Transit contends that the district court abused its discretion in calculating the amount of fees awarded...

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