Cuyamaca Meats, Inc. v. San Diego and Imperial Counties Butchers' and Food Employers' Pension Trust Fund

827 F.2d 491 126 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2193 , 56 USLW 2164 , 107 Lab.Cas. P 10,168 , 8 Employee Benefits Ca 2310 CUYAMACA MEATS, INC., a California corporation, C & M Meat Packing Corp., a California corporation, and National Meat Packers, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES BUTCHERS' AND FOOD EMPLOYERS' PENSION TRUST FUND, an unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellant. No. 86-6182. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 3, 1987. Decided Sept. 3, 1987. 1 Richard D. Prochazka, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant. 2 Lynn K. Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 4 Before ALARCON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and REED, * District Judge. EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge: INTRODUCTION 5 This is a case brought by employer participants in a pension fund to enforce provisions of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 ("MPPAA"). All parties seek a declaration of the date on which the employers withdrew from the pension fund. The employers argue that they withdrew on…