Legal Opinion
Idaho Plumbers & Pipefitters Health & Welfare Fund v. United Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1989No. Nos. 87-4159, 87-4162PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
We determine whether a provision of a Multi-Employer Pension Plan imposing liq*214uidated damages for delinquent contributions is void as a penalty.
FACTS
The plaintiffs are four trust funds. They administer jointly a Master Labor-Management Agreement (MLA) between the Union Contracts Group of APHC of Idaho, Inc. and the Idaho State Pipe Trades Association. The trust funds are the Idaho Plumbers and Pipefitters Pension Fund, the Idaho Plumbers and Pipefitters Health and Welfare Fund, the Idaho Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship and Journeymen’s Training…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust v. Gerber Truck Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Davis & Cox, a Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. Chester C. Davis, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee. Summa Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant/appellant v. Davis & Cox, a Partnership, Chester C. Davis, Maxwell E. Cox, Howard M. Jaffe and Martin Cook, Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants/appellees. Summa Corporation, Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Defendants- Counterclaimants/appellants v. Chester C. Davis, Davis & Cox, Maxwell E. Cox, Howard M. Jaffe and D. Martin Cook, Counterdefendants/appelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Operating Engineers Pension Trust, and Cross-Appellees v. Harold E. Reed, Etc., and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Alco Express Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Operating Engineers Local 139 Health Benefit Fund v. Gustafson Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Washington Hospital Center Corp. v. Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1991
- Springer v. Wal-Mart Associates' Group Health PlanDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1989
- Idaho Plumbers And Pipefitters Health And Welfare Fund v. United Mechanical Contractors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Iron Workers District Council Of Western New York And Vicinity Welfare And Pension Funds v. Hudson Steel Fabricators & Erectors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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