30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1678, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,308 Donna Pate, Kathleen Lewis, Beverly Lowe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Alan L. Bingham, as General Manager and Robert J. Shamoon, Personnel Manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

697 F.2d 870 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1678 , 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,308 Donna PATE, Kathleen Lewis, Beverly Lowe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT; Alan L. Bingham, as General Manager and Robert J. Shamoon, Personnel Manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Defendants-Appellants. No. 81-4400. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1982. Decided Jan. 25, 1983. Jay J. Price, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., Daniel J. Ready, Jr., Meier, Kassis & Ready, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Alice M. Beasley, John H. Erickson, Erickson, Beasley & Hewitt, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before KENNEDY, ALARCON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Alameda Contra Costa Transit District (hereinafter A-C Transit) appeals from the order of the district court awarding attorney's fees to appellees' counsel in a Title VII action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(k). 2 A-C Transit does not dispute…