United States Second Circuit

Because plaintiff's federal and state discrimination claims were inextricably intertwined and the legal work on them was essentially indivisible, when he accepted the Offer of Judgment compensating him for costs on his Title VII claim, he effectively settled all of his rights to attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2004
• Published 03/02/2004

Judges

• Before:  NEWMAN, WINTER, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Janet A. Broeckel, (Abbie J. Chessler, of counsel) Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., Blaine H. Bortnick, Liddle & Robinson LLP, New York, New York for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.