SHAFER v. ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE

Nos. 03-10074, 03-10220.

376 F.3d 386 (2004)

Neoma SHAFER; et al., Plaintiffs, Judith Ann Parks, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE; United States Department of Defense, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Genice Ann Gladow Rabe (argued), Law Offices of Genice A.G. Rabe, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Anthony Alan Yang (argued), Marleigh D. Dover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.-Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The Plaintiff-Appellee, Judith Ann Parks, was awarded over $1,000,000 in compensatory damages and attorneys' fees by the district court. This award followed the district court's wholesale adoption of the factual findings and legal recommendations of a report prepared by a special master. A central dispute in this confusing case concerns whether the special master exceeded his authority by considering claims made by Parks in a separate...

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