Thelin v. Mitchell

2 Citing cases

  1. Idaho Plumbers Pipefitters v. Un. Mechanical

    875 F.2d 212 (9th Cir. 1989)   Cited 166 times
    Holding provision that awards "fees incurred in the collection process" "does not apply" when the employer "owed nothing"

    See, e.g., Operating Engineers Pension Trust v. A-C Co., 859 F.2d at 1342; Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Gerber Truck Serv., Inc., 854 F.2d 1074, 1080 (7th Cir. 1988), vacated on other grounds, 864 F.2d 561 (7th Cir. 1989), rehearing en banc, 870 F.2d 1148 (7th Cir. 1989); Vernau v. Bowen Enter., Inc., 648 F. Supp. 721, 724-25 (W.D.Pa. 1986); LaJiness v. Reactor Controls, Inc., 642 F. Supp. 27, 32 (E.D.Mich. 1985); Thelin v. Mitchell, 576 F. Supp. 1404, 1408-09 (N.D.Ill. 1983). Here, UMC paid the contributions before suit was filed.

  2. First Interst. Comm. Mortgage v. Hinshaw Culbertson

    Case No. 95 C 3867 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 25, 1998)

    The pressure applied must have been wrongful or unlawful; mere hard bargaining is not enough. Linn, 671 F. Supp. at 556, 559. Moreover, a party's threat to assert its legal rights does not rise to the level of duress unless it involves some abuse of the legal process.Thelin v. Mitchell, 576 F. Supp. 1404, 1408 (N.D. Ill. 1983);Enslen v. Village of Lombard, 470 N.E.2d 1188, 1190-91 (Ill.App.Ct. 1984). The facts of this case do not present a situation of economic duress.