Legal Opinion
Robinson v. United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 5, 1981No. 78-2047PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.
Concurring opinion filed by Judge DAVIS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Trustees of the United Mine Workers health and retirement funds have denied permanent health-care coverage to the surviving spouses of two deceased coal miners. The disappointed claimants challenge the denial as arbitrary, and thus as a violation of Section 302(c) of the Labor-Management Relations Act.1 The District Court entered judgment for the trustees, finding dispositive the fact that…
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- National Labor Relations Board v. Magnavox Co. of TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
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