ZIPES v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

No. 86-2731.

846 F.2d 434 (1988)

Anne B. ZIPES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants, and Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Fehr, Jolley Walsh Hager & Gordon, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Aram A. Hartunian, Hartunian, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 22, 1988.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This dispute over liability for statutory attorneys' fees has its origins in a 1970 class action filed by the plaintiffs against Trans World Airlines ("TWA") alleging unlawful sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. After nearly nine years of litigation, the plaintiffs entered into a comprehensive settlement...

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