Legal Opinion
Communications Workers of America Lyle Wingate v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 22, 1994No. 93-7060PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
In this case, we reaffirm the familiar principle that, barring exceptional circumstances, parties aggrieved by decisions of pension plan administrators must exhaust the administrative remedies available to them under their pension plans before challenging those decisions in court. We also reaffirm the well-established principle of labor law that disputes subject to mandatory arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement may not be brought to court in lieu of contractual arbitration procedures. We consider…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by153 opinions
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