SOBEL v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

No. 75 Civ. 2232 (GLG).

619 F.Supp. 839 (1985)

Edna H. SOBEL, M.D., and Bella C. Clutario, M.D., on behalf of themselves and other professional faculty members employed by the Defendant, Yeshiva University, similarly situated, Plaintiffs, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Specter & Buchwach, P.C., Howard A. Specter, Michael D. Buchwach, Pittsburgh (Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, P.C. by Michael P. Malakoff, Pittsburgh, of counsel), for plaintiffs and the class.

Bonnie P. Josephs, New York City, local counsel for plaintiffs and EEOC.

E.E.O.C., Johnny J. Butler, Acting Gen. Counsel, James N. Finney, Director Systemic Program, Leroy T. Jenkins, Jr., Director, LEC, Ronald L. Oleson, Supervisory Trial Atty., Robert B. Harwin, Trial Atty., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-intervenor.

Sidney Schutz and Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York City (Daniel Riesel, Mark A. Chertok, Lawrence R. Sandak, Lawrence A. Goldberg, of counsel), for defendant.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This seemingly interminable Title VII class action having finally been concluded, the Court is now confronted with motions by both the plaintiffs and the defendant for attorneys' fees. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that neither party should be awarded attorneys' fees.

Background

This action was filed May 9, 1975, by two female physicians employed at the Albert

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