United States Fifth Circuit
WORTHY v. NEW ORLEANS S.S. ASS'N/INT'L LONGSHOREMEN'S ASS'N AFL-CIO, 02-31168
Nothing in an ERISA employee benefits trust document guaranteed a union a place on the Trustees Board, and defendant did not breach its ERISA fiduciary duties by failing to obtain the union's approval for trust amendments; plan administrator's interpretation of the Trust was legally correct.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/21/2003
- Published 08/21/2003
Judges
- CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Tracie J. Jackson (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- David E. Walker (argued), McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, William Lurye, Robein, Urann & Lurye, Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.