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CLARK v. AMERICAN MARINE CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 16315.

320 F.Supp. 709 (1970)

Alex CLARK, John T. Magee and Robert Turner, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN MARINE CORPORATION, a Louisiana corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

As Amended October 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin E. White, New York City, Lolis E. Elie, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Richard C. Keenan, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

David Copus, Washington, D. C., for the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm. as amicus curiae by special leave of the court.

RUBIN, District Judge.

Rule VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. permits the court to "allow the prevailing party" a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs.

These plaintiffs are entitled to such an award. They did not receive back wages, but they skillfully and successfully attacked a pattern of covert discrimination in employment, on behalf of a class composed of the victims of the discrimination, and secured extensive...

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