Legal Opinion
George Cann v. Carpenters' Pension Trust Fund for Northern California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1993No. 91-15628PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
George Cann appeals the district court’s decision that he is entitled to only $19,847.00 of the $51,600.24 in attorneys’ fees that he requested under ERISA’s attorneys’ fees provision, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1). The issues are whether the statute allows for attorneys’ fees for the administrative phase of the claims process, and whether it allows for enhancement for contingency. We hold that it allows for neither, and affirm.
I. Facts.
Cann had disputes regarding his pension eligibility with the southern, and then the northern, carpenters’ union pension trusts. He prevailed…
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