Autry v. Fort Bend Independent Sch. Dist., No. 11-20639 (5th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff sued the school district alleging that the district's decision to hire a Caucasian woman in lieu of promoting him amounted to race discrimination in violation of Title VII. The district court granted summary judgment to the district and ordered plaintiff to pay attorneys' fees. The court found no competent evidence from which a reasonable juror could infer that the district's decision to hire the woman in lieu of promoting plaintiff was motivated by impermissible racial considerations. The court held, however, that the district court's fee award constituted an abuse of discretion where the court did not agree that plaintiff's claim was frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.
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