National Sponge Cushion Co. v. Allen Industries, Inc.

National Sponge Cushion Co., Inc. v. Allen Industries, Inc.

Nat'l Sponge Cushion Co. v. Allen Indus., 394 U.S. 920 (1969)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: March 24, 1969
Docket: No. 1012
Citations: 394 U.S. 92022 L. Ed. 2d 453

Cited by 120 5 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 5 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(employer who fails to sign agreement and evinces no intent to be bound is not required to make contributions)

Bldg. Serv. 32B-J Pension Fund v. Vanderveer Estates Holding, LLC, 127 F. Supp. 2d 490 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
(The written agreement with the employer may be a “written collective bargaining agreement or any other written agreement.”)

Trs. of the Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Local 531 Sick & Welfare Fund v. Marangi Bros., 289 F. Supp. 2d 455 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
(statute requires denial of pension benefits to 28-year employee of employer that made contributions to trust fund without ever having signed a written agreement; nor does statutory language permit application of equitable estoppel)

Chicago Dist. Council of Carpenters Pension Fund v. Strom, 634 F. Supp. 163 (N.D. Ill. 1986)
(patent obtained by intentional and material misrepresentation to patent office)

St. Joseph's Hosp., Inc. v. Hosp. Auth. of Am., 620 F. Supp. 814 (S.D. Ga. 1985)
(equitable estoppel cannot supply missing writing)

Local Union No. 5 of the Sheet Metal Workers' Int'l Ass'n v. Mahoning & Trumbull Cnty. Bldg. Trades Welfare Fund, 541 F.2d 636 (6th Cir. 1976)

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State of North Carolina v. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.384 F. Supp. 265 (E.D.N.C. 1974)
Aitken v. IP & GCU-Employer Retirement Fund604 F.2d 1261 (9th Cir. 1979)
Litton Industrial Products, Inc. v. Solid State Systems Corp.755 F.2d 158 (Fed. Cir. 1985)
In re Murphy560 F.2d 326 (8th Cir. 1977)
United States v. Computer Sciences Corp.689 F.2d 1181 (4th Cir. 1982)
George Kwatcher v. Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Fund879 F.2d 957 (1st Cir. 1989)

Most recent

Reed v. EnviroTech Remediation Services, Inc.834 F. Supp. 2d 902 (D. Minnesota 2011)
Trustees of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 531 Sick & Welfare Fund v. Marangi Bros.289 F. Supp. 2d 455 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
Capo v. Bowers218 F. Supp. 2d 505 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
Building Service 32B-J Pension Fund v. Vanderveer Estates Holding, LLC127 F. Supp. 2d 490 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
Building Service 32B-J Pension Fund v. Vanderveer Estates Holding, LLC121 F. Supp. 2d 750 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
William T. Firesheets, Ii, Trustee Joseph M. Ardoin, Trustee v. A.G. Building Specialists, Inc.134 F.3d 729 (5th Cir. 1998)

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