Legal Opinion
Cliff J. Wilson v. Board of Trustees of the Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers and Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1977No. 77-1266PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Wilson brought this action to compel payment to him by appellee Trust Fund of certain disability benefits to which he asserts he is entitled. His claim is that the Trust Fund’s break-in-employment rule, as applied to him and others who might be similarly situated, is arbitrary and unreasonable in that it operates to deprive him of certain Pension Credits attributable to employment prior to January 1, 1958, the effective date of the creation of the Trust Fund. Without these credits, Wilson is not entitled to the benefits he seeks. Alterna tively, Wilson claimed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Alvares v. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Handee T. Lee v. Robert NesbittCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Juan Sanchez Lugo v. The Employees Retirement Fund of the Illumination Products IndustryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Insley v. JoyceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- Giler v. Board of TrusteesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Pinkie A. Brown v. Retirement Committee of the Briggs & Stratton Retirement Plan, and Briggs & Stratton CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- TURNER v. Local Union No. 302, International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Award Service, Inc. v. Northern California Retail Clerks Unions and Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund, a Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Edmund J. Harm v. Bay Area Pipe Trades Pension Plan Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Ponce v. Construction Laborers Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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