SILES v. ILGWU NAT. RETIREMENT FUND

No. 85-1728.

783 F.2d 923 (1986)

Emma SILES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILGWU NATIONAL RETIREMENT FUND; Dennis Slipkoff; Alvin Kaplan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey V. White, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Grosboll, Neyhart, Anderson, Nussbaum, Reilly & Freitas, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and CURTIS, District Judge


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Emma Siles appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the International Lady Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) National Retirement Fund (Fund). She claims that the Fund's requirement that she work at least 435 hours in covered employment in 1974 and 1975 in order to qualify for a pension under a pension plan mandated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violates ERISA's transitional rules. 29 U.S.C...

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