Legal Opinion

Trustees of the Graphic Communications International Union Upper Midwest Local 1M Health & Welfare Plan v. Bjorkedal

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 22, 2008No. 07-1256, 07-1258PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[PUBLISHED]

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The Trustees of the Graphic Communications International Union Upper Midwest Local 1M Health and Welfare Plan (Trustees) brought an action against Olaf and Tamara Bjorkedal, shareholders of Nordic Printing and Packaging, Inc., under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) after Nordic Printing and Packaging stopped making payments to the Graphic Communications International Union Upper Midwest Local 1M Health and Welfare Fund. The Trustees sought relief based on breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and piercing the corporate veil theories…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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  3. Victoria Elevator Co. of Minneapolis v. Meriden Grain Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  4. Navarre v. Luna (In Re Luna)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  5. Local Union 2134, United Mine Workers of America, Etc., Plaintiff v. Powhatan Fuel, Inc., Etc., Leroy Osborne, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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