Opinion ID: 3038566
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: “This court reviews de novo any elements of legal analysis and statutory interpretation involved in an attorney fees decision.” Associated Gen. Contractors v. Smith, 74 F.3d 926, 931 (9th Cir. 1996). Where ERISA has been correctly interpreted, “[w]e review a district court’s award of mandatory attorneys’ fees pursuant to § 1132(g)(2)(D) according to the deferential, clearly erroneous standard.” Parkhurst v. Armstrong Steel Erectors, Inc., 901 F.2d 796, 799 (9th Cir. 1990); see also Lads Trucking Co. v. Bd. of Trs. of the W. Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, 777 F.2d 1371, 1373 (9th Cir. 1985).