Legal Opinion
Pearl Sellers, Administratrix of Estate of Clay D. Sellers, Deceased v. John J. O'COnnell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1983No. 81-5829PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
Pearl Sellers appeals a district court order dismissing her suit for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under 29 U.S.C. § 186(e) and for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Mrs. Sellers replaced her husband as a party on August 30, 1976, after the latter’s death. We affirm.
In November, 1965, Clay Sellers applied for pension benefits from the United Mine *577Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund (“Fund”). The Fund trustees denied the claim because Sellers had not met eligibility requirements. Believing that he had…
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