[Download] "Louisville Black Police Officers Organization Inc. V. City Of Louisville" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Louisville Black Police Officers Organization Inc. V. City Of Louisville
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 04, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
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This appeal and cross-appeal challenge the district court's award of attorneys' fees following plaintiffs' successful challenge of the discriminatory employment practices of the City of Louisville Police Department. The issues raised on this appeal result, for the most part, from a misreading of this Court's decision in Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools, 611 F.2d 624 (6th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 447 U.S. 911, 64 L. Ed. 2d 862, 100 S. Ct. 2999 (1980), and from a failure to recognize that Northcross did not eliminate all discretion on the part of district courts in awarding attorneys' fees in civil rights litigation. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that in its award of attorneys' fees in the present case the district court properly exercised its discretion within the guidelines of Northcross. We therefore AFFIRM.