Maceira v. Luis Enrique Pagan

The defendant Teamsters Union Local in the case of Maceira v. Pagan, 649 F.2d 8 (1st Cir. 1981), reversing 501 F. Supp. 641 (D.P.R. 1980), which was subsequently settled in plaintiffs favor, appeals the district courts award of attorneys fees to plaintiffs lawyers, Ellis Boal of Detroit and Alejandro Torres-Rivera of San Juan. While all parties recognize the courts power to award fees to the prevailing party in this Landrum-Griffin Act case, 29 U.S.C. §§ 411 et seq. (1976), see Hall v. Cole, 412 U.S. 1, 36 L. Ed. 2d 702, 93 S. Ct. 1943 (1972), the Local claims that the award (as amended) of $53,812.50 to Boal, and $2,078.13 to Torres-Rivera, was too high. We do not believe the district court committed any error of law or abused its discretion. Consequently, we affirm its decision.