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Calculation Of Attorneys' Fees Awards In Title Vii Actions Against Private Defendants, Drucilla S. Ramey

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In this article it will be argued that the legislative history of the attorneys' fees provision of Title VII requires that fee awards be computed by a method which produces fees sufficient to sustain a Title VII bar, and that this may best be accomplished by a modified version of the approach customarily used in the antitrust area.

First addressed will be a brief overview of Title VII litigation problems, with emphasis on the complexity, duration, and high-risk nature of the work involved. Then follows a discussion of the legislative purpose of Title VII and its fee provisions, with particular …