Legal Opinion
Roy E. Merritt, Cross-Appellants v. The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Dixon L. Pyles and C. R. McRae Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1981No. 80-3170PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order of the district court affirming a magistrate’s award of expenses and attorney’s fees under Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(a)(4) to defendants herein, who were successful in their motion to compel plaintiffs to answer interrogatories. We affirm.
I
Attorneys Pyles and McRae, appellants herein, represented plaintiffs-appellants Merritt, Gill, Applin, Howell, Castilaw, Smith, and Thompson in a class action suit against the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, various union officials, and numerous employers. The gravamen of their complaint was that the defendants had infringed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Thomas E. Hoar, Inc. v. Sara Lee Corp., Appeal of Greenspan, Jaffe & Rosenblatt, Leon J. Greenspan, Paul D. Jaffe and Victor E. RosenblattCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. LeGrandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Craig John Maisonville, and James M. Dombroski v. F2 America, Inc. F2 International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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