Legal Opinion
Efrain MacEira v. Luis Enrique Pagan, Local 901, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 18, 1983No. 82-1396PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant Teamsters Union Local in the case of Maceira v. Pagan, 649 F.2d 9 (1st Cir.1981), reversing 501 F.Supp. 641 (D.P.R.1980), which was subsequently settled in plaintiffs’ favor, appeals the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs’ lawyers, Ellis Boal of Detroit and Alejandro Torres-Rivera of San Juan. While all parties recognize the court’s power to award fees to the prevailing party in this Landrum-Griffin Act case, 29 U.S.C. §§ 411 et seq. (1976), see Hall v. Cole, 412 U.S. 1, 93 S.Ct. 1943, 36 L.Ed.2d 702 (1972), the Local claims that the…
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