Thomas J. Duffey v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Earl L. Jennings, Jr., Harold J. Yates

HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.

This diversity case was resolved by summary judgment on cross motions. Attorney Thomas J. Duffey, a former trustee of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, sued the Fund and its trustees (together “the Fund”) for the sum of $12,599.81, which allegedly was the balance due to him for his time and expenses spent in preparing for and testifying in various litigated matters involving the Fund. The Fund counterclaimed for the sum of $36,865.74, claiming that Duffey already had been overcompensated and that therefore he should reimburse…