withdrawal-liability

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25-986 MFN Partners, LP, et al. v. New York State Teamsters Conference and Retirement Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2026-02-19 Pending bankruptcy ERISA multiemployer-pension-plans pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation unfunded-vested-benefits withdrawal-liability 1. Whether the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) can—through the auspices of imposing "reasonable conditions" on multiemployer pension plans…
25-809 Perfection Bakeries, Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Amici (1) allocable-amount circuit-split multiemployer-plan pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability The first question presented is whether 29 U.S.C. § 1386(b)(1)'s instruction to "reduce[]" any "withdrawal liability" of an employer in a subsequent p…
25A680 MFN Partners, LP, et al. v. New York State Teamsters Conference and Retirement Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-09 Application agency-overreach erisa multiemployer-pension-plans pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability This document is an application for an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari, not a petition for certiorari itself. It does no…
25A601 Perfection Bakeries, Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-20 Application erisa multiemployer-pension pbgc-deference pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Question not identified.
23-1209 M & K Employee Solutions, LLC, et al. v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund District of Columbia 2024-05-13 Granted CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (2) actuarial-assumptions circuit-split employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan plan-year statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether 29 U.S.C. 1391's instruction to compute withdrawal liability "as of the end of the plan year" requires the plan to base the computation on the…
22-1085 GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund, et al. v. MNG Enterprises, Inc., dba Digital First Media Ninth Circuit 2023-05-08 Denied Response Waived asset-sale circuit-split civil-procedure contribution-history employee-retirement-fund pension-fund successor-liability withdrawal-liability Whether a predecessor's contribution history is properly included in the withdrawal liability assessments of its successor.
22-742 United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan, et al. v. Energy West Mining Company District of Columbia 2023-02-08 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actuarial-assumptions actuarial-determination burden-of-proof concrete-pipe discount-rate multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan pension-plan reasonable-expectations standard-practice withdrawal-liability Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA), a n employer who withdraws from a n underfunded multiemployer pension plan incurs…
21-1521 New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund v. C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response Waived arm's-length-transaction circuit-split erisa erisa-compliance fair-market-value multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation successor-liability withdrawal-liability "Congress enacted the [Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980] MPPAA to protect the financial solvency of multiemployer pension plans." Bay…
19-1336 The National Retirement Fund, et al. v. Metz Culinary Management, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actuarial-assumptions arbitration best-estimate employee-retirement-income-security-act-erisa erisa measurement-date multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether ERISA prohibits multiemployer pension plan actuaries from selecting actuarial assumptions to calculate withdrawal liability, after the Measure…
19-170 The E Company, et al. v. Trustees of the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied administrative-notice control-group due-process erisa mullane-standard mullane-v-central-hanover mullane-v-central-hanover-bank notice pension-fund slotky-standard withdrawal-liability The sponsor of a multiemployer pension fund issued a notice of withdrawal liability to contributing employers prior to a suit to collect the claim und…
18A1221 The E Company, et al. v. Trustees of Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Presumed Complete administrative-proceedings due-process erisa mullane-standard notice-requirements withdrawal-liability Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the due process notice standards established in Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 399 U.…