Legal Opinion
Rose Gordon, as Administratrix of the Estate of Angelina Miller v. Ilwu-Pma Benefit Funds
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1980No. 77-2614PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge:
This is an appeal by the Trustees of the International Longshoremen’s and Ware-housemen’s Union Pacific Maritime Association Welfare Plan (“the Plan”) from a judgment requiring the Plan to pay extended death benefits to the estate of Angelina Miller. The district court held that $8000 was due Mrs. Miller at the time of her death as a benefit stemming from the prior death of her husband, Ira G. Miller.
The trustees had denied the estate’s claim on the grounds that Mrs. Miller failed to complete the documentation necessary to establish her eligibility before her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- William J. Riley v. Meba Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- James J. Reiherzer v. Daniel J. Shannon, and Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Taylor Roark v. John L. Lewis, Maude W. Reese, of the Last Will and Testament of Joe S. Rees(e) v. John L. Lewis, Theo R. Fuller v. John L. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Alton F. Martin v. Bankers Trust Company, Trustee Diversified Corporate Services, Inc., Administrator, and Tom's Foods, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Harry Jung, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Fmc Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Fentron Industries, Inc. v. The National Shopmen Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Rosen v. Hotel And Restaurant Employees & Bartenders Union Of Phila.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Thomas Menhorn v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Clarence E. Lockhart v. United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust Paul R. Dean Michael H. Holland Marty D. Hudson Elliott A. Segal, TrusteesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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