LOUGHNER v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Nos. 00-1561, 00-1613.

260 F.3d 173 (2001)

Catherine M. LOUGHNER, Appellant, v. The UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; Presbyterian University Hospital, a Pennsylvania corporation tdba University of Pittsburgh Medical Center tdba University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Systems, Presbyterian University Hospital tdba University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and/or University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Systems, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed July 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Hoover, Diefenderfer, Hoover, Boyle & Wood, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2201, Counsel for Catherine M. Loughner.

William A. Pietragallo, II, Pamela G. Cochenour, Lawrence J. Baldasare, Bryan K. Shreckengost, Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon, 301 Grant Street One Oxford Centre, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Presbyterian University Hospital, etc.

Before MANSMANN, NYGAARD, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) May 2, 2001.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises a troublesome and recurring problem pertaining to the award of attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing party under a federal statute and the duty of a district court in dealing with the prevailing party's petition for fees. Catherine M. Loughner ("Loughner") brought an action under, inter alia, the Fair Labor Standards Act...

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