Legal Opinion
Lavern Marquardt, and Earline Marquardt v. North American Car Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 1981No. 80-2489PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
North American Car Corporation (“Company”) appeals from the district court’s order denying the Company’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. In the underlying action, Lavern and Earline Marquardt sued the Company pursuant to section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. The Marquardts later voluntarily dismissed the suit. The Company claims that, under any standard this court might adopt governing the award of attorneys’ fees and costs to defendants in ERISA cases, the district court should have awarded attorneys’…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Baeten v. Van EssDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1979
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3Cited by81 opinions
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- Don Ray Smith v. Cmta-Iam Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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