Legal Opinion
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Ouimet Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 22, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-1314-T, 77-2005-TPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TAURO, District Judge.
At issue here is whether the defendants, several business entities under common control, 1 may be held jointly and severally liable for the termination of an underfunded pension plan by two of their bankrupt affiliates. The plaintiff is the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), a creature of Congress born under the provisions of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1302. The prime purpose of that Act is to insure that workers receive the benefits to which they are entitled under private pension plans established for them by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States Trust Co. of NY v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Robbins v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
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