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SOKOL v. BERNSTEIN

No. 85-6357.

812 F.2d 559 (1987)

Bernice SOKOL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacob L. BERNSTEIN, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Hornstein, Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Stuart R. Mandel, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before PREGERSON and HALL, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.

ORRICK, District Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee, Bernice Sokol, brings this action for attorneys' fees on appeal pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1).

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Bernice Sokol, beneficiary of a pension plan administered by Jacob Bernstein, sought to enforce a contractual agreement that provided that her husband's pension funds would be disbursed to her only upon her request. After a two day bench...

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