Legal Opinion
Eijinio Banuelos v. Construction Laborers' Trust Funds for Southern California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2004No. 02-57096PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Eijinio Banuelos (“Banuelos”) filed the underlying complaint against the Construction Laborers’ Pension Trust for Southern California (“the Trust”), seeking to establish his right to receive a pension. The district court denied the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, relying on evidence that was not part of the administrative record to conclude that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the Trust had adopted five-year vesting rules applicable to Banuelos. After a bench trial, the district court held that Banuelos was not entitled to…
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