Legal Opinion
Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1988No. 85-2079PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A company that is a party to a collective-bargaining agreement may have a contractual duty to make contributions to a pension fund during the term of the agreement and, in addition, may have a duty under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to continue making such contributions after the expiration of the contract and while negotiations for a new contract are in process. In 1980, Congress amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to provide trustees of multiemployer benefit plans with an effective federal remedy to collect delinquent contributions. The question presented…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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