Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Alaska Hotel & Restaurant Employees Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1991No. Nos. 89-35735, 90-35144PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
We consider here whether a pension plan that excludes a high number of participants from vesting violates the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). In particular, we consider whether the maintenance of restrictive vesting standards amounts to arbitrary and capricious conduct or creates a structural defect under § 302(c)(5) of the LMRA, 29 U.S.C. § 186(c)(5).
The Alaska Hotel and Restaurant Employees Pension Fund (the Fund) appeals a judgment that it violated the LMRA by failing to adopt vesting standards that would have allowed a greater number of participants…
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