Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc.

Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc., 670 F.2d 760 (7th Cir. 1982) is a US labor law decision of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the award of attorney's fees in a discrimination lawsuit. The facts of the case involved allegedly discriminatory practices in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The litigants of the case settled in favor of the plaintiffs, but brought the issue of reasonable attorney's fees to the district court.

Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Full case name	Alta Chrapliwy, et al. v. Uniroyal Inc.
Argued	October 1, 1981
Decided	February 16, 1982
Citations	670 F.2d 760; 28 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 19; 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 32,459
Case history
Prior history	Award of attorney's fees to Plaintiff, 509 F. Supp. 442 (N.D. Ind. 1981)
Subsequent history	Cert. denied, 461 U.S. 956 (1983)
Holding
Reasonable attorney's fees are recoverable for time spent persuading the Federal Government to debar a defendant from its contracts when engaging in discriminatory practices. Reasonable attorney's fees are to be determined by the plaintiff's attorneys' rates, not by customary rates of attorneys in the locality in which the district court sits. Reasonable attorney's fees for risks of litigation and quality or representation are recoverable.
Court membership
Judges sitting	Walter J. Cummings, Jr., Thomas E. Fairchild, Wesley E. Brown (Senior District Judge, D. Kan.)
Case opinions
Majority	Fairchild, joined by a unanimous court
Laws applied
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Facts

Uniroyal allegedly maintained "a segregated hiring and seniority system at its Mishawaka, Indiana plant where women were heavily employed in the footwear production division, while other lines predominantly employed male employees." Alta Chrapliwy and other female workers filed charges against the company in a class action suit that was eventually settled in their favor after years of litigation.

See also

• US labor law
• Gender equality
• List of gender equality lawsuits

External links

• Text of Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc., 670 F.2d 760 (7th Cir. 1982) is available from: CourtListener Justia OpenJurist Google Scholar