Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Mullins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1981No. 80-1310PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
The Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds (Trustees) appeal from the summary judgment entered by the district court 1 in favor of appellee Beavlee Morgan. The Trustees denied Morgan credit for the time he received Black Lung benefits on the grounds that Morgan’s only employment after April 1, 1971, had not been for a signatory employer. The district court held the Trustees acted arbitrarily and capriciously in interpreting the pension plan to deny Morgan pension benefits. We affirm.
On October 29, 1973, Morgan filed an application…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Mrs. Geneva B. Phillips v. William J. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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- Everett Bueneman v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Ellis Maness v. Roy L. Williams and Herman A. Lueking, Jr., as Trustees of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- In re VorpahlCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Harold Miles v. The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension And Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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