Redman v. Warrener, Nos. 75-1047
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (1st Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL; PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 516 F.2d 766 |
| Parties | 89 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2321 Francis I. REDMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A. Frances WARRENER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Francis I. REDMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A. Frances WARRENER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants. |
| Decision Date | 14 May 1975 |
| Docket Number | 75-1069,Nos. 75-1047 |
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v.
A. Frances WARRENER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Francis I. REDMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
A. Frances WARRENER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
First Circuit.
Decided May 14, 1975.
Orlando Rodio, Providence, R. I., for Francis I. Redman and others.
Girard R. Visconti, Providence, R. I., for A. Frances Warrener and others.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Redman and Shillinsky are non-union sheet metal workers who brought suit against the administratrix and trustees of the pension plan of a local of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union under the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., alleging that defendants had failed, after a written request, to supply them with copies of the description of the plan and a summary of the latest annual report. On cross motions for summary judgment the district court found for plaintiffs, but awarded only nominal damages, and $500 attorney's fees.
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The Act requires both publication of the "description of the plan and the latest annual report", id. § 307(a), and that upon written request the administrator of a plan deliver to any participant a copy of the description and report, § 307(a)(2). The Act further provides that the district court in its discretion may impose damages of $50.00 per day upon an administrator who "fails or refuses" to honor a written request within 30 days, § 308(b), and the court may, in its discretion "in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant, and costs of the action", § 308(c).
The district court determined that plaintiffs had made a proper written request for copies of the description of the plan and that defendants had failed for at least eight months thereafter to comply with the statutory requirement that copies of the description of the plan and the latest annual report be delivered to appellants. Since defendants did promptly offer to make copies of the relevant documents available to appellants at the offices of the pension plan for inspection there, and since plaintiffs made no allegation that they had been prejudiced by failure to comply with the precise requirements of the Act, the district court found defendants to have acted in good faith and to have committed only a technical violation of the Act. In this context the court deemed it inappropriate to impose the penalties permitted by the Act beyond the $500 fee award.
Plaintiffs argue that defendants, in failing to comply with the Act and then strenuously defending against this suit,...
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