# Gilbert v. Hoisting & Portable Engineers, Local Union No. 701

> Oregon Supreme Court · March 11, 1964 · 237 Or. 130

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9791395

## Case

- **Full name:** GILBERT Et Al v. HOISTING & PORTABLE ENGINEERS, LOCAL UNION No. 701
- **Court:** Oregon Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 11, 1964
- **Citations:** 237 Or. 130; 390 P.2d 320; 384 P.2d 136; 9 A.L.R. 3d 1042; 54 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2048; 1964 Ore. LEXIS 317
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Sloan
- **Judges:** McAllister, Rossman, Perry, Sloan, O'Connell, Goodwin, Denecke
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- rejecting the defendants’ suggestion that no fees should be awarded because the plaintiffs’ litigation had pro- duced no pecuniary benefit

## Opinion text

SLOAN, J.,
specially concurring.
I agree that attorney’s fees should be allowed in this case. My dissent in Adair v. McAtee, 236 Or 391, 396 , 388 P2d 750 , stated the reasons why fees should be allowed in other appropriate oases as well.

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