PETE v. UNITED MINE WKRS. OF AMER. WEL. & RET. F. OF 1950

Civ. A. No. 1953-69.

352 F.Supp. 1294 (1973)

Stephen PETE on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA WELFARE AND RETIREMENT FUND OF 1950 et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Rabil, Washington, D. C., for class plaintiffs.

Julian Singman, Washington, D. C., for intervenors.

Joseph H. Newlin, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Roy.

Joseph A. Rafferty, Jr., Harold H. Bacon, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


OPINION

WILLIAM B. JONES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this class action are retired miners who have been refused pension benefits by the defendant Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund of 1950. Plaintiffs' applications for pension benefits were denied on the ground that their permanent retirement from the coal industry did not occur immediately "following regular employment . . . as an employee of an operator signatory...

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