United States Sixth Circuit

In an ERISA and Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) action for vested health-care benefits, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where: 1) a plaintiff need not show a violation of LMRA for jurisdiction to exist under that statute; and 2) the complaint adequately pleaded Defendant's intention to vest benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2009
• Published 04/03/2009

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  GWIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Renate Klass, Martens, Ice, Klass, Legghio & Israel, Royal Oak, Michigan, Robert E. Rickey, Cook, Portune & Logothetis, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  Deborah Shannon Davidson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Renate Klass, Stuart M. Israel, Martens, Ice, Klass, Legghio & Israel, Royal Oak, Michigan, Robert E. Rickey, David M. Cook, Cook, Portune & Logothetis, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  Deborah Shannon Davidson, Philip A. Miscimarra, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.