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LOCKHART v. UMWA 1974 PENSION TRUST

No. 93-1276.

5 F.3d 74 (1993)

Clarence E. LOCKHART, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA 1974 PENSION TRUST; Paul R. Dean; Michael H. Holland; Marty D. Hudson; Elliott A. Segal, Trustees, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenda Sullivan Finch, Associate Gen. Counsel, UMWA Health & Retirement Funds, Washington, DC, argued Robert D. Valer, Asst. Gen. Counsel, UMWA Health & Retirement Funds (on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

H. John Taylor, Rand, WV, argued, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Clarence Lockhart applied to the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust for a disability pension, claiming that he was totally disabled "as a result of a mine accident." UMWA 1974 Pension Plan, Art. II.C. (J.A. at 244.) The Trustees of the 1974 Pension Trust denied his application, and Lockhart sought relief in district court under § 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. &...

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