Legal Opinion
James C. Stephens, Floyd G. Stephens, Richard Mahoney, Donald v. Nippert v. Retirement Income Plan for Pilots of U.S. Air, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 2006No. 01-3913PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Former pilots of U.S. Airways, represented in this class action by James Stephens and three other former pilots, brought a suit in district court against both their former employer, U.S. Airways, and their pension plan, the U.S. Airways Retirement Plan for Pilots. The pilots alleged six different causes of actions against the airline and the retirement plan under provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1169. The district court dismissed all causes of action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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