Legal Opinion
Kociolek v. Hagmann
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 12, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 86-1622PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
This intra-union electoral dispute, since mooted by time and events, is terminally before the Court on plaintiffs’ application for an award of some $45,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs for having, in their view, vindicated the right of union members to have the union’s voting rules respected. Defendants have cross-moved for an award of damages of $121,000, to be assessed, in part, against the cash bond posted by plaintiffs as a condition to a preliminary injunction they obtained.
Plaintiffs, members of a labor union, claim that, as prevailing parties…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Monzillo v. BillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Pawlak v. GreenawaltCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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