Legal Opinion
Local Union No. 5 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. Mahoning and Trumbull County Building Trades Welfare Fund
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1976No. 75-2268PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellee Mahoning and Trumbull County Building Trades Welfare Fund (hereinafter “Fund”), a multi-union employer-funded trust established through 29 U.S.C. § 186(c)(5) (Supp. V 1975), amended its eligibility rules on April 22, 1969, to provide that
“[t]he eligibility of an employee will terminate on the date the union which represents him for collective bargaining purposes ceases to participate in the Welfare Fund. Only the disabilities incurred pri- or to the withdrawal of the union from the fund will be honored.”
Previously, an employee’s eligibility for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Arroyo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, Local Union No. 15, Orlando, Florida v. Stuart Plastering Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Kathleen Moglia v. James GeogheganCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- 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 by27 opinions
- Pearl Sellers, Administratrix of Estate of Clay D. Sellers, Deceased v. John J. O'COnnellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- TURNER v. Local Union No. 302, International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Knauss v. GormanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Joseph R. Palino v. Edwin T. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Steinmetz Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. Local Union No. 58 International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1981
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