RESILIENT FLOOR COVERING v. M&M INSTALLATION

Nos. 09-17047, 09-17064.

630 F.3d 848 (2010)

RESILIENT FLOOR COVERING PENSION FUND; Board of Trustees of the Resilient Floor Covering Pension Plan, Plaintiffs-counter-defendants-Appellees, v. M&M INSTALLATION, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Simas Floor Co., Inc., a California corporation, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellant. Resilient Floor Covering Pension Fund; Board of Trustees of the Resilient Floor Covering Pension Plan, Plaintiffs-counter-defendants-Appellants, v. M&M Installation, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Simas Floor Co., Inc., a California corporation, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Davenport and Jeffrey G. McClure , Davenport Gerstner & McClure, Walnut Creek, CA, for the defendants-appellants/appellees.

Katherine A. McDonough , Kraw and Kraw, Mountain View, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees/appellants.

Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.


OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a "double-breasted" operation where a non-union employer, Simas Floor Co., Inc., set up a union employer, M & M Installation, Inc. to handle union flooring work. The question is whether the non-union company, Simas Floor, is liable for withdrawal liability incurred by the union company, M & M Installation, pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et...

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