Legal Opinion
Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 3, 1997No. Civil Action No. 95-00646-CKKPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, a local sheet-metál workers’ union and several of its members, allege that the trustees of the National Stabilization Agreement of the Sheet Metal Industry Trust Fund breached their fiduciary duty under the Employee Income Retirement Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1) (1994), by unreasonably invoking the plan’s forfeiture provision to deny them their benefits. Pending before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and supporting documents. After carefully considering the pleadings and the entire…
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