Iron Workers District Council of Western New York & Vicinity Welfare & Pension Funds ex rel. Peters v. Hudson Steel Fabricators & Erectors, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
68 F.3d 1502 · 1995
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably 239 F. Supp. 2d 26 - International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund v. RW Amrine Drywall Co., Inc. (2002), Board of Trustees of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local v. Jpr Inc (1998)
7 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1145 (§ 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 142 (§ 501 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Colonial Village, Inc. v. Spann · Caso v. United States · Comora v. Radell · Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Gerber Truck Service, Inc. · Benson v. Brower's Moving & Storage, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to enforce section 1145 ... in which a judgment in favor of the plan [has been] awarded”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A plan sponsor that prevails in any action to collect delinquent contributions will be entitled to recover the delinquent contributions, court costs, attorney’s fees, and double interest on the contributions owed. The intent of this section is to promote the prompt payment of contributions and assist plans in recovering the costs incurred in connection with delinquencies.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A section 1132(g)(2) ] action must be one to enforce the obligation to pay contributions under § 1145, and therefore no such suit can be commenced in the absence of unpaid contributions....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.