Legal Opinion
Knauss v. Gorman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 11, 1978No. 77-2139PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are confronted in this case with two questions regarding employee-union joint pension funds established under the Taft-Hartley Act. First, it is necessary to determine whether certain alleged deficiencies in a pension plan represent “structural defects” over which a federal court may exercise supervision. Second, we must adjudge the circumstances under which a pension plan may divest beneficiaries of pension eligibility without violating the Taft-Hart-ley requirement that plans be operated for the “sole and exclusive benefit” of employees.
A. FACTS
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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- Walsh v. SchlechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- William J. Riley v. Meba Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Taylor Roark v. John L. Lewis, Maude W. Reese, of the Last Will and Testament of Joe S. Rees(e) v. John L. Lewis, Theo R. Fuller v. John L. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Ruetta Paris, Mildred Cawthon and Marge Kane v. Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Howard B. Wolf, Inc. And Eugene K. FriesenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Pearl Sellers, Administratrix of Estate of Clay D. Sellers, Deceased v. John J. O'COnnellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund v. DemisaySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Morgan v. MullinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Snyder v. TitusDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1981
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