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COUTIN v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC.

No. 97-1128.

124 F.3d 331 (1997)

Denise COUTIN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Miguel Suro Ballester, San Juan, PR, for appellants.

Etienne Totti Del Valle, with whom Totti & Rodriguez Diaz, Hato Rey, PR, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Denise Coutin,1 flush with victory after winning an employment discrimination suit, encountered disappointment when the district court awarded her only a fraction of the attorneys' fees to which she believed herself entitled under the Fees Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1994). Coutin appeals. Because the district court employed a flawed methodology and relied on impermissible criteria, we vacate its...

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