Legal Opinion
Pawlak v. Greenawalt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 29, 1983No. Nos. 82-3350, 82-3352PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case involves the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs to union members who filed an action to redress their rights under Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 401-531. We are asked to decide whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding attorneys’ fees and whether it erred in determining the amount awarded. We will affirm in part and remand in part.
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In 1976 John A. Pawlak brought an action against his Union, Local 764 of the International Brotherhood of…
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