WARDLE v. CENTRAL STATES, ETC.

No. 79-2295.

627 F.2d 820 (1980)

Claude WARDLE, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Olah, Terre Haute, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan M. Levy, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, PELL and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

A Teamsters pension fund denied a truck owner-operator's application for retirement benefits because he allegedly lacked employee status in the industry for a number of years. The applicant challenges the denial in this action under § 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. On appeal, we affirm the district court's refusal to overturn the fund's denial of pension benefits and its denial...

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