UNITED ELEC. WORKERS v. 163 PLEASANT STREET CORP.

Nos. 91-1824, 91-1947 and 91-2001.

960 F.2d 1080 (1992)

UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. 163 PLEASANT STREET CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees, International Twist Drill (Holdings), Limited, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. 163 PLEASANT STREET CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Stern, Somerville, Mass., with whom Robin Alexander, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for plaintiffs.

Mark D. Stern, Somerville, Mass., with whom Edward J. Dailey, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Charles L. Janes, with whom James C. Stokes, R. Scott Henderson, and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant Intern. Twist Drill (Holdings), Ltd.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals call upon us to ascertain the extent of a federal court's power, in an ERISA case, to assert personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. To complete our task, we must also consider when, and on what terms, separate corporate identities can be disregarded, to the end that a parent corporation may be sued and held responsible for a subsidiary's employee benefit obligations. At the conclusion of our odyssey, we find that the...

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