Legal Opinion
Refined Sugars, Inc. v. Local 807 Labor-Management Pension Fund
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 29, 1984No. 83 Civ. 3030(MEL)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Refined Sugars, Inc. (“RSI”) brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants Local 807 Labor-Management Pension Fund (the “Fund”) and its Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”) to prohibit them from asserting a claim for $192,639 against RSI under the withdrawal liability provisions of the Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (“MPPAA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. 1 RSI claims that since it is not an “employer” as defined by the MPPAA, it has no withdrawal liability to the Fund. RSI also challenges the constitutionality of the MPPAA…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by18 opinions
- IUE AFL-CIO Pension Fund v. Barker & Williamson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Ilgwu National Retirement Fund, Sol C. Chaikin and Joseph Moore v. Levy Bros. Frocks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- t.i.m.e.-dc, Inc. v. Management-Labor Welfare & Pension Funds, of Local 1730 International Longshoremen's AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Flying Tiger Line v. Teamsters Pension Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- The Flying Tiger Line, a Delaware Corporation, Tiger International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Warren Transport, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, & Counterdefendants v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, A/K/A Teamsters Pension Plan of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and Charles J. Schaffer, Jr., Counterplaintiffs v. Central States, Southwest and Southeast Areas Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Teamsters Local 641 Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, and Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Pension Fund, a Multiemployer Pension Plan, Each Sued Individually and as a Member of a Class of Similarly Situated Multiemployer Pension Plans Who Assert Withdrawal Liability, Against Hall's Motor Transit Company, Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980. Appeal of the Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Tiger International Inc. And Warren Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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