Commercial Electric, Inc. v. IBEW Local 1168

12 F.3d 1105 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC, INC.; Nicholas Teves, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IBEW LOCAL 1168; Ted Takai, et al., Defendants-Appellees. 1 No. 92-15268. 2 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1993. Decided Nov. 19, 1993. As Amended Jan. 27, 1994. 3 Before: CANBY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges; ORRICK, District Judge * 4 MEMORANDUM ** 5 Commercial Electric, Inc. (Commercial) and Nicholas Teves, Jr. (Teves) appeal the district court's award of attorneys' fees under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132 (g)(1) to IBEW Local 1168 (the Union) and the twenty-eight trustees of the Electrical Workers Trust Fund (Trustees). We affirm. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS 6 On July 20, 1988, Commercial and Teves brought an action against the Union and Trustees. Count I, allegedly arising under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 185 (Labor Management Relations Act Sec. 301), contained Commercial's charge that the Union and Commercial had…