Legal Opinion
Pressroom Unions-printers League Income Security Fund v. Continental Assurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 18, 1983No. 704, Docket 82-7631PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
In the last decade, Congress has enacted nearly one hundred statutes granting additional jurisdiction to the federal courts. Areas as diverse as environmental law and child custody have been brought within the purview of the federal judiciary. Exercising this new jurisdiction, however, requires us not only to adjudicate complex disputes, but also to define the limits of our expanded authority. The instant action, brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, provides one such occasion. We are called upon today…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Field v. Volkswagenwerk AGCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Fentron Industries, Inc. v. The National Shopmen Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Hermann Hospital v. Meba Medical & Benefits PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Mary J. Waller, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Mary J. WallerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Northeast Department Ilgwu Health and Welfare Fund and Sol Hoffman v. Teamsters Local Union No. 229 Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Boelens v. Redman Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- American Federation of Unions Local 102 Health & Welfare Fund v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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