Stephen Tancredi and Ronald Speidel v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York Stock Company, and Metlife, Inc., a Delaware Holding Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2004-08-09

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McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge. This appeal raises three questions: (1) Did the district court lose jurisdiction to award attorneys’ fees after the complaint had been dismissed and a notice of appeal filed?; (2) Was the defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees timely?; and (3) Was the complaint so utterly lacking in merit as to be frivolous thereby justifying an award of attorneys’ fee…

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