JACKSON v. RHEEM MFG. CO.

Nos. 89-1118, 89-1119.

904 F.2d 15 (1990)

Fred B. JACKSON, Pryor, Barry, Smith, and Karber, and Robert S. Blatt, Appellants, v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellee. Fred B. JACKSON, Appellant, v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. Karber, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellants.

Hugo Swan, Jr., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Fred B. Jackson is the prevailing party in this race discrimination case. The district court reinstated Jackson in his job, awarded him back pay, and also awarded him attorneys' fees based on the lodestar model under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k) (1982). These rulings are unchallenged. Instead, Jackson appeals from two postjudgment orders. Without conducting a hearing, the district court refused to enhance the lodestar in one order, and in the other...

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