Legal Opinion

Laforest v. Honeywell International Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 18, 2009No. Docket No. 06-5712-cvPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SACK, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, Honeywell International, Inc., (“Honeywell”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Telesca, Judge) in order to challenge the court’s award of an attorney’s fee1 against it. The underlying action was brought to enforce an employer’s 1976 undertaking to guarantee an undiminished level of benefits to employees of three unionized manufacturing plants that the employer had sold to another company. The employees, now employed by the remote successor of the acquiring company, brought suit…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited18 opinions

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Dennis Paese v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
Arthur Chambless and Mildred H. Chambless v. Masters, Mates & Pilots Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
United States v. Marion Seltzer, Esq., Vaughn Rosario, A/K/A Vaughn MichaelsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by1 opinion

LaForest v. HONEYWELL INTERN. INC.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009