United States Second Circuit

29 U.S.C. section 1132(g) requires the district court to consider plaintiffs' application for attorneys' fees incurred in their successful ERISA action to compel defendant-employer to provide a surety bond under a collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2004
• Decided 05/20/2004
• Published 05/20/2004

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, OAKES and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene S. Friedman,Friedman & Wolf (William Anspach, Elise S. Feldman, on the brief), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stuart S. Zisholtz, Zisholtz & Zisholtz, LLP, Mineola, NY, for Defendant-Appellee J.E.T. Resources, Inc.