Legal Opinion
Trustees for Michigan Carpenters Council Health & Welfare Fund v. C.J. Rogers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1991No. Nos. 89-1411, 89-1412PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves an appeal and cross-appeal from a final judgment that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, preempted state corporate reorganization law and that various defendants were liable to the plaintiffs below on an “alter ego” theory of liability for contributions owed to the plaintiff trust funds. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM in part and with respect to the district court’s finding as to liquidated damages, VACATE and REMAND in part.
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FACTS
Plaintiffs are ten voluntary unincorporated trust funds…
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