Anheuser-Busch Wins Dismissal of $14M Attorney Fee Appeal

Anheuser-Busch Co. convinced a federal appeals court to refrain from deciding whether to award attorneys’ fees to lawyers who successfully sued the company over its pension plan.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted the beermaker’s request and dismissed the appeal in a short Nov. 20 order. Anheuser-Busch argued the attorneys’ fees dispute wasn’t properly before the appeals court because the trial judge who declined to award fees didn’t issue a final order.

The case will continue to be heard by the federal judge in St. Louis.

The long-running dispute involves the beer maker allegedly shorting the ...