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082008P.pdf 08/21/2009 Lee Borntrager v. Central States SE & SW Areas
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2008
and No: 08-2744
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Labor law. Under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 185 the district court had
jurisdiction over employer's claim that it was wrongfully expelled from
the pension fund; the fund did have authority to expel the employer under
the provisions of the Trust Agreement; employer's expulsion did not
violate ERISA or Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980;
expulsion did not violate this circuit's precedents; award of attorneys'
fees affirmed.