CULLENS v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 93-8570.

29 F.3d 1489 (1994)

Bennie CULLENS, James Gonder, Larry Cooper, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Myer, Robert H. Stroup, Atlanta, GA, for appellants.

Paula Bruner, E.E.O.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae E.E.O.C.

John A. Draughon, Michelle W. Johnson, Sell and Melton, Macon, GA, for appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, GODBOLD and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an attorney's fee appeal in an employment discrimination case. Plaintiffs prevailed on some of their individual claims and were awarded fees for work on those claims, but they were denied class action status and denied fees relating to class claims. We affirm the decision awarding fees based on the individual claims but vacate the award and remand for reconsideration, under proper standards, of the amount of that award. We affirm...

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