Legal Opinion
International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers Local No. 111 v. Douglas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 1, 1981No. 80-1644PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONSAL, Senior District Judge.
Defendants-appellants Allen Douglas, et al., Trustees of the Iron Workers Tri-State Welfare Plan (“the Trustees”), appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The district court held that the Trustees lacked the authority to amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Welfare Plan (“the Agreement”), and rules and regulations thereunder, “in such a way as to deprive participants in the Welfare Plan under the jurisdiction of Local No. Ill of any of the benefits .. . which arise out of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Cutaiar v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- International Longshoremen's Association, Afl-Cio v. Seatrain Lines, Inc., and Sea Land Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Local Union No. 5 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. Mahoning and Trumbull County Building Trades Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- O.W. Shull v. State MacHinery Company, Inc. Employees Profit Sharing PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United Food & Commercial Workers Local 204 v. Harris-Teeter Super Markets, Inc.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1989
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