Title VII Plaintiff's Attorneys' Fees Awards Can Be Reduced Based on Degree of Success; No Strict Proportionality Rule Applies: Fifth Circuit | Practical Law
In Deadra L. Combs v. City of Huntington, Texas, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that in a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) sexual harassment suit there is no requirement of strict proportionality between attorneys' fees and damages.