Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28, 1977 Decided January 23, 1978
Full case name	Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Citations	434 U.S. 412 (more) 98 S. Ct. 694; 54 L. Ed. 2d 648; 16 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 502; 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) P8041
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Civil Rights Act of 1964

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 434 U.S. 412 (1978), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that interpreted 42 U.S.C. §1988(b) to generally not require unsuccessful plaintiffs in civil rights cases to pay attorney's fees to the defendant. There would be an exception, however, for plaintiffs that brought frivolous claims. This decision has essentially helped create one way fee shifting for plaintiffs in civil rights cases.^[1]

References

1. Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 306

External links

• Text of opinion at Justia.com