Legal Opinion
Battoni v. IBEW Local Union No. 102 Employee Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 2010No. 08-3743, 09-2030, 08-3924PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to consider the scope of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (“ERISA”) Anti-Cutback rule, 29 U.S.C. § 1054(g). Certain current and retired members of a union (the “Battoni Plaintiffs”) challenged an amendment to their welfare plan (the “Disputed Amendment”) as an unlawful cutback of their accrued benefits under their pension plan. We must determine whether the Disputed Amendment, which conditions receipt of healthcare benefits under a welfare plan on non-receipt of an accrued benefit under a pension plan, violates the Anti-Cutback…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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