United States Eighth Circuit

There is no presumption under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(g), in favor of awarding attorneys' fees to prevailing plaintiffs in ERISA cases, and use of a multi-factor test in deciding whether to award fees to a successful ERISA plaintiff is proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2002
• Published 08/16/2002

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, BEAM, LOKEN, HANSEN,MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Don R. Elliott, Jr., argued, Fayetteville, AR (Bobby Lee Odom, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David R. Matthews, argued, Rogers, AR, for appellee.