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Spring Branch Mining Co. v. United Mine Workers of America 1950 Pension Trust & 1950 Pension Plan

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Decided September 30, 1987No. Civ. A. No. 2:86-0149PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

COPENHAVER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the cross-motions of the parties for summary judgment.

This action arises under the withdrawal liability provisions of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980 (hereinafter MPPAA). Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that they may not be held liable to the defendants for alleged withdrawal liability in the amount of $1,072,378.79. An arbitrator has held that the plaintiffs are liable in that amount pursuant to the withdrawal liability provisions of the MPPAA. The plaintiffs maintain that the arbitrator…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Armstrong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Allied Structural Steel Co. v. SpannausSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Korea Shipping Corp. v. New York Shipping Ass'n-International Longshoremen's Ass'n Pension Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
  2. Barrick Gold Exploration, Inc. v. HudsonDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1993
  3. Templeton Coal Co., Inc. v. ShalalaDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1995
  4. Korea Shipping Corporation v. New York Shipping Association--International Longshoremen's Association Pension Trust Fund and the Board of Trustees of the Nysa-Ila Pension Trust Fund, Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. New York Shipping Association-International Longshoremen's Association Pension Trust Fund, the Board of Trustees of the New York Shipping Association International Longshoremen's Association Pension Trust Fund, Defendants-Counterclaim Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., Crowley Maritime International (Inc) and Crowley Maritime Corporation, Counterclaim Co-DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
  5. Spring Branch Mining Company, Inc. v. United Mine Workers Of America 1950 Pension Trust And 1950 Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988

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