United States Fifth Circuit
Abner v. Kansas City S. R.R. Co., 06-30476
A punitive damages award under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981 need not be accompanied by compensatory damages.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/02/2008
- Published 01/03/2008
Judges
- PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Gregory George Paul (argued), Peirce, Raimond & Osterhout, Pittsburgh, PA, Stephen Reed Morgan, Morgan & Chadick, Comfort, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., William C. Martucci (argued), Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Bobby Stephen Gilliam, Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.