Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund et al v. Town & Country Masonry and Tuckpointing, LLC

Filing 17

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant Town & Country Masonry and Tuckpointing, LLC, shall be held liable for Plaintiffs' attorneys fees and costs in the amounts of $1,824.00 for atto rneys fees and $54.90 in costs, for a total award of $1,878.90. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this Supplemental Order and the Court's Orders of June 4, 2013 (Doc. No. 9) and September 27, 2013 (Doc. No. 15) on Defendant by whatever means they believe to be most effective, and shall promptly file a certificate of such service.. Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 10/4/13. (LGK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

GREATER ST. LOUIS CONSTRUCTION
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LABORERS WELFARE FUND, an employee )
benefit plan, et al,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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TOWN & COUNTRY MASONRY and
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TUCKPOINTING, LLC,
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Defendant.
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No. 4:13-CV-696-JAR

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The Court is in receipt of counsel’s affidavit filed in support of Plaintiffs’ request for an
award of attorneys' fees and costs for the filing of the motion for contempt (Doc. No. 16), which
request was granted by the Court in its Order of September 27, 2013. (Doc. No. 15) In his affidavit,
counsel states that his firm’s standard hourly billing rate in 2013 is $180.00 for partners, $170.00
for associates, and $90.00 for paralegal services. In the instant case, counsel’s billing records reflect
that he performed 9.7 hours of associate attorney services. The billing records reflect an additional
0.5 hours of associate attorney services, 0.2 hours of partner attorney services, and 0.6 hours of
paralegal services. In connection with this matter, counsel states his firm expended $54.90 for
service of the Court’s September 3, 2013 Order (Doc. No. 12) by special process server.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant Town &
Country Masonry and Tuckpointing, LLC, shall be held liable for Plaintiffs’ attorneys fees and costs
in the amounts of $1,824.00 for attorneys fees and $54.90 in costs, for a total award of $1,878.90.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this Supplemental Order
and the Court's Orders of June 4, 2013 (Doc. No. 9) and September 27, 2013 (Doc. No. 15) on
Defendant by whatever means they believe to be most effective, and shall promptly file a certificate
of such service.

Dated this 4th day of October, 2013.

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JOHN A. ROSS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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