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PERICHAK v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEC. RADIO

No. 82-5490.

715 F.2d 78 (1983)

Steve F. PERICHAK v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS, LOCAL 601, AFL-CIO; and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Appeal of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1983.

As Amended October 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn E. Wagner, Vasilis C. Katsafanas, Stephen C. Kunkle, Berkman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber & Engel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Dante G. Bertani, Bertani & Myers, Greensburg, Pa., for appellee.

Before ADAMS and GARTH, Circuit Judges and ACKERMAN, District Judge.

Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) March 18, 1983.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

Each party to a lawsuit ordinarily bears its own attorney's fees unless a statute or decisional authority provides otherwise. This principle is known as the American Rule. See Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983); Alyeska Pipeline...

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