Gallo v. Amoco Corp.

*121 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff class members, having prevailed on the merits of this ERISA-based action (see 910 F.Supp. 396 (N.D.Ill.1995)), now seek to follow up on that victory by obtaining a fee-plus-expenses award under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1) against losing defendants Amoco Corporation (“Amoco”) and the Employee Retirement Plan of Amoco Corporation and Participating Companies (“Plan”). Because the parties have stipulated as to the amount of fees and expenses that are to be awarded if plaintiffs succeed in that effort (the sum of $174,565.18), the…