SHELTER FRAMING CORPORATION, Plaintiff/Appellee, and
Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California, Defendant/Appellee,
v.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, Applicant for Intervention/Appellant.
G & R ROOFING COMPANY, a California corporation, Plaintiff/Appellee, and
Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California, Defendant/Appellee,
v.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, Applicant for Intervention/Appellant.
SHELTER FRAMING CORPORATION, Plaintiff/Appellee,
v.
CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant/Appellant.
G & R ROOFING COMPANY, Plaintiff/Appellee,
v.
CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant/Appellant.
G & R ROOFING COMPANY, Plaintiff/Appellant,
v.
CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant/Appellee.
R.A. GRAY AND CO., Plaintiff/Appellant,
v.
OREGON-WASHINGTON CARPENTERS-EMPLOYERS PENSION TRUST FUND and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Defendants/Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted December 7, 1982.
Decided May 20, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Howard A. Kroll, James P. Watson, George M. Cox, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles, Cal., for Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California.
Michael E. Merrill, Merrill & Schultz, San Diego, Cal., for G & R Roofing Co.
Cathryn M. Brogan, Peter Szabadi, Ronald J. Seeley, Acret & Perrochet, Los Angeles, Cal., for Shelter Framing Corp.
David S. Paull, Bailey & Paull, Portland, Or., William B. Crow, Miller, Nash, Yerke, Wiener, Portland, Or., for Oregon-Washington Carpenters Employees Pension Trust Fund & Pension Benefit.
Henry Rose, Gen. Counsel, Baruch Fellner, J. Stephen Caflisch, David F. Power, Terence G. Craig, Pension Benefit Guaranty Co., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Thomas M. Triplett, Mildred J. Carmack, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland, Or., for R.A. Gray & Co.
Harris Weinstein, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for Transport Motor Exp. E.W. Bohren, Transport & Essex Corp.
Before WRIGHT, KENNEDY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
This opinion addresses the constitutionality of the retroactive application of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (the "Amendments Act"),1 the subject of extensive nationwide litigation.2 We hold that retroactive application of the withdrawal liability provision of the Amendments Act violates the due process rights of employers...
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