Legal Opinion
Elgen Long, Robert Bax, Oakley Smith John Keenan v. Flying Tiger Line, Inc. Fixed Pension Plan for Pilots the Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1993No. 91-16761PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Flying Tiger Line, Inc. (“Flying Tiger”) and the Flying Tiger pilots’ former union entered into a collectively bargained agreement regarding pilot pension benefits. Appellants, four former Flying Tiger pilots, seek enforcement of the terms of the summary plan description of the pension agreement pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1022(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
The district court found that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over appellants’ claim because (1) a Railway Labor Act-mandated arbitration board had determined appellants’…
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