Legal Opinion
Charles Distler v. United Mine Workers of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 1983No. 82-2956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr.,
Circuit Judge.
In this action, plaintiffs, retired members of the United Mine Workers, seek to establish that they contractually acquired pension benefit rights through a letter sent to them from a local official of the defendant union in 1957 which solicited their membership in the union. The district court, concluding that it had jurisdiction under the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), addressed the merits, and found that no binding contract arose from the letter. Plaintiffs appealed. We conclude, however, that no federal jurisdiction exists for this…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Albert Hoffman v. Lonza, Inc., a Corporation, and Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers' International Union, Pekin Local No. 7-662, a Labor OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Don Lee Bass and Jerome Clarence Fernandez, Cross v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Etc., Local No. 582, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Clement J. Sheeran v. General Electric Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Andrew J. Smith, Etc. v. United Mine Workers of America, an Unincorporated Association, and Louis KosecCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by6 opinions
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