96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 913, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1451, Pens. Plan Guide P 23917v San Francisco Culinary, Bartenders and Service Employees Welfare Fund San Francisco Culinary, Bartenders and Service Employees Pension Trust Fund v. Ivan Lucin and Katica Lucin, Individually and as a Partner Dba Il Pirata

76 F.3d 295 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 913 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1451, Pens. Plan Guide P 23917V SAN FRANCISCO CULINARY, BARTENDERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND; San Francisco Culinary, Bartenders and Service Employees Pension Trust Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ivan LUCIN and Katica Lucin, individually and as a partner dba Il Pirata, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16091. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1995. Decided Feb. 8, 1996. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Charles A. Legge, District Judge, Presiding. Earl L. Bohachek, Rubenstein & Bohachek, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Kenneth G. Downs, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, San Francisco, California; Daniel Eaton, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees. Before: GOODWIN and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, KING, Senior District Judge. * GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs ("Trust Funds") appeal the award of attorneys' fees to Defendants, the Lucins, pursuant to a California wrongful attachment statute. The Trust Funds argue that either the…