JACKSON v. SMITH

No. 90-7504.

927 F.2d 544 (1991)

Oscar W. JACKSON, Clayborne Taite, Jr., George Bru, Albert Walton, as Trustees of MSSA-ILA Pension Plan and Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. Harry SMITH, Defendant, Arthur W. Stratton, Hartwell Ludlow, Ned Mattingly, as Employer Trustees of MSSA-ILA Pension Plan, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, William B. Harvey, Kirk C. Shaw, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Frank McRight, McRight, Jackson, Myrick & Moore, Mobile, Ala., for amicus curiae Mobile S.S. Ass'n, Inc.

Michael A. Figures, Figures, Jackson & Harris, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees cross-appellants.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case arises on appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment holding that a tie vote among trustees over whether to increase benefits paid by a pension plan ("the Plan") is subject to arbitration.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A. Background Facts

The Plan is an "employee pension benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(2)(A) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA...

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