Legal Opinion
Textile Workers Pension Fund v. Standard Dye & Finishing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 9, 1984No. Nos. 35, 70 and 428, Dockets 83-7004, 83-7328 and 83-7650PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On these two appeals we are called upon to analyze the withdrawal liability provisions in the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA or Act), Pub.L. No. 96-364,94 Stat. 1208 (codified in scattered sections of 29 U.S.C.). Although the two employers before us withdrew from the multiemployer plans, of which they had been members prior to the enactment of the MPPAA, the Act provides for withdrawal liability to be retroactively imposed. Thus, the common question in both appeals is whether the imposition of financial liability violates these employers’…
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