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DIST. 2, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMER. v. HELEN MIN. CO.

No. 84-3723.

762 F.2d 1155 (1985)

DISTRICT 2, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, George Zayac and Janet Zayac v. The HELEN MINING COMPANY, Appellant, and Harrison Combs, John J. O'Connell and Paul R. Dean, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Polito, Ronald S. Cusano (Argued), Corcoran, Hardesty, Ewart, Whyte & Polito, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Melvin P. Stein, Paul R. Yagelski (Argued), Kuhn, Engle & Stein, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges, and MUIR, District Judge

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 5, 1985.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Before us is the appeal by an employer who claims that the district court erred in holding that the action of the trustees of an ERISA-covered employee benefit plan in denying benefits to the spouse of an employee was arbitrary and capricious. We hold that the district court erred as a matter of law.

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