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FASE v. SEAFARERS WELFARE AND PENSION PLAN

No. 326, Docket 78-7368.

589 F.2d 112 (1978)

Adrian FASE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEAFARERS WELFARE AND PENSION PLAN, Joseph DiGiorgio, Individually and in his capacity as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plan, Price C. Spivey, Individually and in his capacity as the Administrator of the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plan, and Fred Farnen, Lindsey Williams, Joseph DiGiorgio, Frank Drozak, E. Aubusson, Capt. Joseph Cecire, James Hayes, C. J. Bracco, William Crippen, Irving M. Saunders, in their capacity as Trustees of the Seafarers Pension Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Preminger, New York City (Legal Services for the Elderly Poor, New York City), for plaintiff-appellant.

Carolyn Gentile, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.

Before FRIENDLY, MANSFIELD and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York denying a motion by plaintiff's attorney for the award of counsel fees for his successful prosecution of an action for disability pension benefits by plaintiff Fase against defendant Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plan (SWPP). Fase claimed that a provision of the Plan which required an applicant for a disability benefit who was covered by the Social Security...

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