J.J. Taylor Companies v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SARIS, District Judge.

This case, arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”), as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. (“MPPAA”), concerns the time limits within which an employer may initiate arbitration over its assessed withdrawal liability. Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1401(b)(2), the plaintiff, J.J. Taylor Companies, Inc. (“J.J. Taylor”), seeks to vacate or modify an arbitrator’s decision that its attempt to…