Legal Opinion
Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. Central States, Southwest & Southeast Areas Pension Fund
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 17, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-304 CMWPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
In July of 1986, plaintiffs Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Tiger International, Inc. and Warren Transport (collectively “Tiger”), brought this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendant pension funds (“Funds”). 1 The action contained three counts. The first count sought a declaration that Tiger was not an “employer” for the purpose of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (“MPPAA”) and was therefore not subject to the MPPAA’s procedures. The second and third counts were facial and as-applied challenges to MPAA’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gavlik Construction Co. v. H. F. Campbell Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- West v. KeveCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Dorn's Transportation, Inc., and Oneida Motor Freight, Inc. v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and VicinityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Flying Tiger Line v. Teamsters Pension Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- The Flying Tiger Line, a Delaware Corporation, Tiger International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Warren Transport, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, & Counterdefendants v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, A/K/A Teamsters Pension Plan of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and Charles J. Schaffer, Jr., Counterplaintiffs v. Central States, Southwest and Southeast Areas Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Teamsters Local 641 Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, and Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Each Sued Individually and as a Member of a Class of Similarly Situated Multiemployer Pension Plans Who Assert Withdrawal Liability, Against Hall's Motor Transit Company, Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980. Appeal of the Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Tiger International Inc. And Warren Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Amazing Enterprises v. Jobin (In Re M & L Business MacHines, Inc.)District Court, D. Colorado · 1993
- Doherty v. Teamsters Pension Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Paul S. Doherty, Jr. v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund Of Philadelphia And VicinityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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