Legal Opinion
John T. Joyce, Trustee of the Bricklayers and Trowel Trades International Pension Fund v. Clyde Sandoz Masonry, D/B/A Griffith Masonry
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 31, 1989No. 88-7063PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether a statutory time limitation bars a pension fund’s suit to compel payments from an employer. The pension fund seeks relief under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (“MPPAA” or “Act”), which amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 1 to establish that participating employers who cease contributing to a covered pension fund are, in certain circumstances, liable to the fund for “withdrawal liability.” The Act establishes a limitations period for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- National Labor Relations Board v. KatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Russell C. Larson v. Northrop CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Board of Trustees of the District No. 15 MacHinists Pension Fund v. Kahle Engineering Corporation, a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. NavcoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Vaughn v. SextonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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