Legal Opinion
Donovan v. CSEA Local Union 1000, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 1986No. Nos. 485, 552, Dockets 85-6238, 85-6250PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether a plaintiff-intervenor who aids the *100Secretary of Labor in mounting a successful challenge to union election procedures under Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 481-488 (1982), may recover attorney’s fees from the defendant union.1 We hold that attorney’s fees may be granted to Title IV intervenors and affirm the district court’s award in the present case; however, we believe that the district court should also have allowed fees for the time spent by intervenor’s counsel…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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