Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 2008No. Docket 06-3923-cvPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUIDO CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert Robinson, Jr. and Thomas Donohue and the class they represent were recipients of an Industry-Related Disability Pension (“IRD”) from Defendant-Appellee Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund. In 2004, the IRD was amended to add an earnings limitation. Appellants, who were receiving the IRD before the 2004 amendment went into effect, assert that the amendment’s application to them violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and constitutes both a breach of contract and a breach…
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