Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Cumberland, Maryland Area Teamsters Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 19, 1985No. 84-3116PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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CAHN, District Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs, former participants in the Cumberland, Maryland Area Teamsters Pension Fund (“Cumberland Fund”), from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania holding that the adoption of a plan amendment altering the calculation of partial pension benefits did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1381 (1982).1 Plaintiffs argue that the plan amendment decreased accrued benefits in contravention of an explicit prohibition set forth in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- John Hubicki v. Acf Industries, Incorporated, John Hubicki v. United Steelworkers of America and Acf Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- George Stewart v. National Shopmen Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
- R.H. Ashenbaugh v. Crucible Inc. 1975 Salaried Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Harry BELLAS, v. CBS, INC.; Westinghouse Pension Plan, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- James F. Dade v. North American Philips CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- McDonald v. Pension Plan of the NYSA-ILA Pension Trust FundDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Kay v. Thrift and Profit Sharing PlanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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