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DENNY v. WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE

No. 88-2116.

880 F.2d 1465 (1989)

Dr. Marilyn DENNY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty A. Gittes, Boston, Mass., with whom Carol Calliotte, Karen Shaffer Levy, Boston, and Betty A. Gittes & Associates were on brief, for appellants.

Mark Peters with whom James B. Cox and Mahoney, Hawkes & Goldings, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Talk may be cheap, but expert testimony usually is not. This appeal presents head-on the question of whether, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., a prevailing party may be entitled to recover reasonable fees incurred for the services of expert witnesses. Cf. Freeman v. Package Machinery Co., 865 F.2d 1331, 1345-47 & nn. 9-11 (1st Cir.1988) (leaving...

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