Legal Opinion
S & M Paving, Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 12, 1982No. 81-5929 TJH, 81-4910PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HATTER, District Judge:
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BACKGROUND
This action concerns the validity of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980 (MPPAA) (29 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.). That Act amended the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974, commonly known as ERISA.
Prior to ERISA, numerous private pension plans had experienced difficulty providing promised retirement benefits for their employees. In 1974, Congress attempted to rectify this problem by creating a multiemployer pension plan system under ERISA. ERISA provided for minimum vesting and funding schedules and established a centrally administered…
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