Legal Opinion
Shelter Framing Corp. v. Carpenters Pension Trust
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 9, 1982No. CV 81-4457-IH, CV 81-5551-IHPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IRVING HILL, District Judge.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
In this Opinion, the Court holds unconstitutional certain provisions of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 ff. (MPPAA), as applied to each Plaintiff. The Plaintiffs are employers who withdrew from a pension plan covered by the Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 ff., prior to the enactment of MPPAA. Under the retroactive provisions of the new statute, they were assessed a substantial liability, and they sued for declaratory and injunctive relief. The Plaintiffs sought a…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Parker v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Shelter Framing Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Textile Workers Pension Fund v. Standard Dye & Finishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Republic Industries, Inc. v. Teamsters Joint Council No. 83 of Virginia Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Keith Fulton & Sons, Inc. v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Republic Industries, Inc. v. Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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