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- Title: Diaz v. Seafarers International Union
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Release Date : January 10, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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BREYER, Chief Judge. Domingo Diaz, a retired seaman, brought this lawsuit against the Seafarers International Union and the Union's Pension Plan. He says that the Plan should have provided him a pension of about $450 per month, rather than about $200 per month. The Plan's failure to do so, in Diaz's view, represents an erroneous application of the Plan's own pension-calculation rules and thereby violates federal law. See Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(D) (""[Plan trustees] shall discharge [their] duties . . . in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan . . . .""). The district court found that the Plan, through its trustees, did not improperly apply the Plan's rules. We agree, and we affirm the district court's judgment. I