SHIMMAN v. INTERN. U. OF OPERATING ENG., LOCAL 18

No. 82-3370.

719 F.2d 879 (1983)

John C. SHIMMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 18, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fadel (argued), Wuliger, Fadel & Beyer, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Cary Rodman Cooper, Cooper, Straub, Walinski & Cramer, Thomas J. Tucker (argued), Stephen M. Dane, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and ALLEN, District Judge.


ALLEN, District Judge.

This appeal challenges the district court's award of attorneys' fees to the plaintiff-appellee for services rendered during the 1980 appeal of the underlying claim.

The complaint was filed pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 412 alleging malicious assault and beating of appellee by three individuals who were members of appellant Local 18, in violation of § 101 of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §...

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