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071611P.pdf 02/22/2008 Neil Hastings v. Gary Wilson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-1611
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Hansen, Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - ERISA. Dismissal of class action lawsuit against
fiduciaries of two separate pension plans for breach of fiduciary duties is
affirmed. Claims against defendants under IAM Plan were properly
dismissed , as the Railway Labor Act's mandatory arbitration provision
divested the district court of subject matter jurisdiction because the
pension plan constituted a collective bargaining agreement, the claims
constituted a minor dispute, and the breach of fiduciary duty was not
independent of the collective bargaining agreement. Plaintiffs lacked
statutory standing under ERISA to bring claims relating to the Pilot Plan
because neither plaintiff was a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary of
that plan.