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· 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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