HECHENBERGER v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 85-1034.

786 F.2d 347 (1986)

Richard A. HECHENBERGER, Appellant, William V. Wilken; Charles W. Ramsey, Appellants, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC.; Western Electric Plan for Employees' Pensions, Disability Benefits and Death Benefits, now also known in part as Western Electric Sickness and Accident Disability Benefit Plan, Western Electric Co., Inc., Plan Administrator, Appellees, SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., INC., Southwestern Bell Telephone Plan for Employees' Pensions, Disability Benefits and Death Benefits, now also known in part as Southwestern Bell Telephone Sickness and Accident Disability Benefit Plan, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Plan Administrator, Appellees, v. Richard ROUSSELOT, Director, Division of Workers Compensation, State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Weinhaus, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

D.J. Sullivan, St. Louis, Mo., for Western Elec.

Robert J. Kreibel, St. Louis, Mo., for Southwestern Bell.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 24, 1986.

PER CURIAM.

Richard A. Hechenberger, William V. Wilken, and Charles W. Ramsey (appellants) appeal the district court's denial of their request for costs and attorneys' fees (collectively fees or attorneys' fees) in an action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g). We affirm.

The appellants instituted this action against their employers, Western...

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