Legal Opinion

Short v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 12, 1984No. Nos. 83-1949, 83-2129, 83-2584 and 83-2616PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendant in this case, The Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (Fund), appeals from judgments, entered by district courts 1 in two separate cases, which set aside decisions of the Fund’s Benefits Claim Review Committee (Committee), denying applications for pension benefits. These cases were consolidated for the purposes of appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. Issue

The main issue in both cases is whether these individual plaintiffs-appellees who both own and operate a tractor are “employees”, under an employee…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  3. Claude Wardle, Sr. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  4. George Wolfe v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. James J. Reiherzer v. Daniel J. Shannon, and Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by82 opinions

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  4. Holmes v. Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  5. Cottrill v. Sparrow, Johnson & Ursillo, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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