Houston Technical Ceramics, Inc. v. Iwao Jiki Kogyo Co.

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• holding that an interpleader plaintiff's request to deposit the funds with the court satisfies § 1335
• finding the defendants achieved some degree of success on the merits because they “have prevailed on summary judgment[]”
• treating a motion for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment as only a motion for summary judgment where the court similarly relied on materials beyond the pleadings
• refusing to award attorney’s fees to defendant because, “[a]lthough [plaintiff] failed to prove any of her claims, the [cJourt cannot conclude that her claims were frivolous or that they were made in bad faith[]’”
• “Although [plaintiff] failed to prove any of her claims, the [c]ourt cannot conclude that her claims . . . were made in bad faith. In essence, the [c]ourt concludes that [plaintiff] genuinely believed that [the] plan was an ERISA plan (and that claims made pursuant to ERISA would be timely

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