RODRIGUEZ v. MEBA PENSION TRUST

No. 88-2901.

872 F.2d 69 (1989)

Juan RODRIGUEZ; Maria A. Rodriguez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEBA PENSION TRUST; Lucille Hart, Administrator, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Loeserman Klein (William E. Cohen, Marc A. Bernstein, Short, Klein & Karas, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph Edward Kolick, Jr. (Angelo V. Arcadipane, Marcus C. Migliore, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and WINTER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., to defendant trust's determination to deny pension benefits to plaintiffs. The district court found it lacked ERISA jurisdiction and, alternatively, that defendant had acted properly in denying benefits. We disagree on both grounds and reverse.

I.

Plaintiff Juan Rodriguez is a retired marine engineer...

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