United States Fifth Circuit

Title VII prohibits punitive damage awards against governments and political subdivisions, so a punitive damages award against a sheriff acting in his official capacity would be contrary to the express limits federal law imposes on judicial authority.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2001
• Published 03/27/2001

Judges

• ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:, Before POLITZ, SMITH and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Wilbur O. Colom (argued), The Colom Law Firm, Columbus, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., William J. Cole, III (argued), Jackson, MS, Jackson M. Brown, Brown Law Office, Starkville, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.