Legal Opinion
Juan Rodriguez Maria A. Rodriguez v. Meba Pension Trust Lucille Hart, Administrator
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1989No. 88-2901PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a challenge under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., to defendant trust’s determination to deny pension benefits to plaintiffs. The district court found it lacked ERISA jurisdiction and, alternatively, that defendant had acted properly in denying benefits. We disagree on both grounds and reverse.
I
Plaintiff Juan Rodriguez is a retired marine engineer who became a member of the Maritime Engineer Beneficial Association (MEBA) in 1944. Upon retirement in 1965, he began receiving a monthly pension in the amount…
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