· 11/21/1990
Mahmoud Ziaee and John L. Sherlock v. T. Bruce Vest
Citations
- 916 F.2d 1204
How courts have described this case
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- holding that in exercise of its discretion district court may consider factors such as number of requests made and number of documents withheld
- suggesting that de novo review requires a federal court to uphold the Administrator’s decision unless erroneous
- stating, in an ERISA case, that the \appropriate rate of prejudgment interest for funds on deposit in the registry is the rate those funds earn in the registry\ (emphasis in original)
- it is improper to use the absence of prejudice as a dispositive factor in determining whether to assess a penalty
- “Interest earned on these funds will be credited against the judgment.”
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Judges: Flaum, Easterbrook, Kanne
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