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E.E.O.C. v. PROPAK LOGISTICS, INC.

No. 13-1687.

746 F.3d 145 (2014)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROPAK LOGISTICS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Susan Ruth Oxford , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John Doughty Cole, Sr. , Nexsen Pruet, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: P. David Lopez , Lorraine C. Davis , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge DIAZ joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a separate concurring opinion.

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court abused its discretion in ordering that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pay attorneys' fees to a prevailing defendant employer after the court awarded summary judgment to the employer in an action brought by the EEOC. In awarding attorneys' fees, the district court concluded that the EEOC acted unreasonably in filing the employment discrimination complaint...

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