Arthur E. Short v. United Mine Workers of America 1950 Pension Trust

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This case is an appeal from a decision of the District Court granting summary judgment for plaintiff Arthur E. Short, a retired mine worker whose pension application was denied by the Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1950 Pension Trust. Short was forced to retire from coal industry employment at age 46 because of black lung disease; he would have been eligible for a pension when he reached age 55 if the eligibility criteria in effect at the time of his retirement had not subsequently…