Legal Opinion
Laborers Local 938 Joint Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. B.R. Starnes Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1987No. Nos. 86-5379, 86-5458PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
In the first of these consolidated cases, No. 86-5379, the primary issue presented is whether subcontractors and their sureties who are not signatories to a collective bargaining agreement are employers under § 502 of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) (1974). This issue, as well as the alternative arguments for jurisdiction asserted by plaintiffs, were recently resolved by this court in Xaros v. U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., 820 F.2d 1176 (11th Cir.1987). Xaros is controlling, therefore we affirm the district court’s finding of lack of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Jurldine A. Donaldson v. Paul v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lillian Willene Miller and Bobby Joe Miller v. Fred Stanmore and Fred A. Frey, Warden, FciCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Constantinos Xaros v. U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company and Darin & Armstrong, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Ragan v. Tri-County Excavating, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Lenon v. St. Paul Mercury InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alejandro Alfonzo-Larrain R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Rafeh-Rafie Ardestani v. United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Laborers Local 938 Joint Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. B.R. Starnes Company of Florida, Laborers Local 938 Joint Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. B.R. Starnes Company of Florida, Wausau Insurance Companies, Darin & Armstrong, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Arvida Corporation, Trapanese Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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