Opinion ID: 467556
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Heading: attorney's fees, liquidated damages, and costs

Text: 29 After granting summary judgment for the Plan with respect to Yahn's withdrawal liability, the district court considered the Plan's application for attorney's fees, liquidated damages and costs, and determined that an award on such matters would be premature because arbitration had yet to take place. The Plan asserts that the district court erred because MPPAA compels the award of attorney's fees, liquidated damages and costs upon a judgment in favor of a pension plan for delinquent payments. 30 Section 1451(b) provides that failure to make withdrawal liability payments shall be treated as delinquency in contribution within the meaning of Sec. 1145. Thus, the Plan's suit in district court was an action to enforce a delinquent contribution under Sec. 1145. Section 1132(g)(2) provides: 31 In any action under this subchapter by a fiduciary for or on behalf of a plan to enforce section 1145 of this title in which a judgment in favor of the plan is awarded, the court shall award the plan 32 (C) an amount equal to the greater of-- 33