TEXTILE WORKERS PENSION FUND, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
STANDARD DYE & FINISHING CO., INC., Rocco Barone, Bill Carafello, Adolph Nazarro, Sr., Adolph Nazarro, Jr., Joseph Nazarro, Dick Knight, David Lavorgna and Morris Wax, Defendants,
Standard Dye & Finishing Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant.
SIBLEY, LINDSAY & CURR CO., A DIVISION OF ASSOCIATED DRY GOODS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY & TOBACCO WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO and
Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 3, 1983.
Decided January 9, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard R. Bonamo, Woodbridge, N.J. (Frederick J. Dennehy, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Woodbridge, N.J., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Standard Dye.
Noel Arnold Levin, New York City (Ronald E. Richman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Textile Workers.
Kenneth F. Hickey, Washington, D.C. (Harry W. Burton, Stephen R. Lohman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund.
Henry Kaiser, Washington, D.C. (Julia Penny Clark, Jeffrey L. Gibbs, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., submitted, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers International Union of America, AFL-CIO.
William L. Dorr, Rochester, N.Y. (Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Rubin & Levey, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co., A Division of Associated Dry Goods, Corp.
Philip B. Kurland, Chicago, Ill. (John B. Coffey, III, Christopher G. Walsh, Jr., Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., Lester M. Bridgeman, Louis T. Urbanczyk, Washington, D.C.), for Arrow Transportation Co., Inc. and Republic Industries, Inc., amici curiae.
Baruch A. Fellner, Associate General Counsel, Washington, D.C. (Henry Rose, General Counsel, J. Stephen Caflisch, Special Counsel, Peter H. Gould, Terence G. Craig, David F. Power, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C.), for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., amicus curiae.
Harris Weinstein, Washington, D.C. (Arvid E. Roach II, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.), for Transport Motor Express, Inc., E.W. Bohren Transport, Inc., and Essex Group, Inc., amici curiae.
Before CARDAMONE, PIERCE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On these two appeals we are called upon to analyze the withdrawal liability provisions in the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA or Act), Pub.L. No. 96-364, 94 Stat. 1208 (codified in scattered sections of 29 U.S.C.). Although the two employers before us withdrew from the multiemployer plans, of which they had been members prior to the enactment of the MPPAA, the Act provides for withdrawal liability to be retroactively...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
