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- (Liability within a group of companies) 2007-09-26
- (Guarantee of QSERP) 2011-09-29
- (Payment of Restricted Lump Sums) 2014-8-29
- (Guarantee of a QSERP On Remand) 2016-07-22
- (Coverage Exception for Professional Service Employer) 2017-03-23
- (Review of DRO on Remand) 2017-09-27
- (Benefit Offset for Receipt of Post-Age 70½ In-Service Distributions) 2019-03-28
- (Slayer Not Entitled to QJSA Benefit) 2019-07-17
- (Domestic Relations Order Submitted After Annuity Starting Date) 2020-01-31
- (Domestic Relations Order Submitted After Remarried Participant's Death) 2020-07-23
- (ERISA section 4022(g) does not apply to a plan whose contributing sponsor has filed only a Chapter 15 petition for recognition of a foreign proceeding) 2021-12-16
- (Disability Pension Benefit) 2022-03-30
- (Domestic Partner Not Entitled to QPSA Benefit) 2023-05-05
- (Benefit offset under ERISA section 206(d)(4) – Participant) 2024-10-02
- (Benefit offset under ERISA section 206(d)(4) – Spouse) 2024-10-02
A
- A.P.S. Inc 2004-03-31
- ABC Rail Products Corp 2007-06-15
- Abrasive Industries Inc 2004-01-28
- Accurate Die Casting Co 2004-02-25
- Acme 2004-07-22
- Ajax Magnethermic Corp 2007-03-29
- Arkansas General Industries Inc 2009-01-14
- Atkinson 1987 2004-07-28
- Atlas Corp 2004-03-05
- Avtex Fibers Inc 2004-04-28
B
- Baldinger Baking Co 2004-02-25
- Bendix Plan - ERISA 4062(e) Liability 2011-08-08
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2004-07-07
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2004-07-22
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2004-08-19
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-02-16
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-03-17
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-05-12 A
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-05-12 B
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-06-24 A
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2005-06-24 B
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2009-05-19
- Bethlehem Steel Corp 2013-10-30
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation Pension Plan 2012-06-27
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation Pension Plan 2012-12-18
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation Pension Plan 2013-12-13
- Better Business Forms Inc 2009-02-24
- Brad Whitney Sportswear Manufacturing Co 2005-07-2
- Brooklyn Hospital Center 2011-04-20
C
- Carr Lowery Glass Co 2006-09-25
- Carr Lowery Glass Co 2006-09-25
- Collins & Aikman 2011-09-23
- Compass Capital Partners LTD 2010-08-03
- Connecticut Refining Company 2005
- Container Products Inc 2003-09-29
- Copperweld Steel 2004-05-11
- Corbin Ltd 2005-05-03
D
- Delphi Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan 2012-11-14
- Delphi Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan 2018-04-30
- Delphi Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan 2019-07-17
- Delta Pilots Retirement Plan 2012-03-09
- Delta Pilots Retirement Plan 2013-09-27
- Delta Pilots Retirement Plan 2013-10-04
- Delta Pilots Retirement Plan 2014-09-19
- DeVlieg Sundstrand UWA 2003-12-18
- Duro-Test Corp 2004-04-28
- Duro-Test Corp 2004-08-20
- Duro-Test Corp 2005-05-03
E
- Eastern Airlines Inc 2003-08-11
- Eastern Airlines Inc 2004-10-15
- Eastern Airlines Inc 2005-01-27
- Edgewater Steel Co 2004-01-29
- Erie Forge & Steel 2004-09-22
F
- Franklin Industries Inc 2003-02-07
- Franklin Steel Co 2002-12-09
- Franklin Steel Co 2003-02-10
- Frederick and Nelson 2004-04-28
G
- Geneva Steel 2004-04-28
- Globe Manufacturing Co 2004-05-31
- Golden Casting Corp 2010-05-07
- Golden Casting Corp 2010-05-14
- Goldman Financial Group Inc 2008-04-23
- Graduate Hospital 2003-11-26
- Graduate Hospital 2008-06-06
- Grand Union Co 2004-07-22 A
- Grand Union Co 2004-07-22 B
- Grand Union Co 2005-04-08
- Granite City 2008-04-22
- Granite City 2008-05-30
- GSGSB Inc 2004-03-22
H
- Hanlin Group Inc 2005-12-08
- Hartz Foods Inc 2004-06-15
- HIP of New Jersey 2003-05-08
- Home Meridian - 4062(e) Liability 2013-12-31
- Horizon LLC 2010-06-11
- Horizon LLC 2010-08-17
- Horn and Hardart Baking Co 2004-01-08
- Huffy Corp 2010-11-24
- Hy-Lift LLC 2008-09-25
I
J
K
L
- Lloyd's Shopping Centers Inc 2003-05-29
- Lockwood Corp 2004-09-16
- LTV Steel 2004-04-28
- LTV Steel 2005-11-23
- LTV Steel 2006-03-31
- LTV Steel 2006-08-08
- LTV Steel 2006-09-15 A
- LTV Steel 2006-09-15 B
- LTV Steel 2006-10-13
- LTV Steel 2007-06-07
M
- Marshall and Williams Co 2004-02-04
- Massey Combines Corp 2004-05-13
- McCook Metals LLC 2005-04-29 A
- McCook Metals LLC 2005-04-29 B
- McCook Metals LLC 2005-08-10
- MCD Inc 2004-01-29
- McLouth Steel 2003-04-18
- McLouth Steel 2003-10-29
- McLouth Steel 2004-04-28
- Memorex Telex 2004-06-14
- Memorex Telex 2005-05-31
- Milacron Retirement Plan 2016-01-06
- Modulus Corp 2002-10-31
- Mosler 2007-04-24
- Mosler 2007-02-28
- Munksjö Plan - 4062(e) Liability 2013-12-31
N
- Nashville Textile Corp 2003-11-26
- Nashville Textile Corp 2004-02-20
- Nashville Textile Corp 2004-09-16
- National Business Journals Inc 2005-08-11
- National Steel Corp 2006-08-24
- National Steel Corp 2008-09-22
- Neuman Distributors Inc 2006-11-30
- Northwestern-2006-04-26
- Northwestern Steel & Wire Co 2005-07-29
- Northwestern Steel & Wire Co 2006-05-17
- Nu-Kote International Inc 2004-06-04
O
P
- P-I-E Nationwide Inc 2002-10-31
- P-I-E Nationwide Inc 2003-07-31
- P-I-E Nationwide Inc 2004-02-20
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-10-28 A
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-10-28 B
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-11-18
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-12-02
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-12-16
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2002-12-23
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2003-01-21
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2003-03-21
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2003-03-29
- Pan American World Airways Inc 2005-11-18
- Pellet 2006-03-30
- Pellet 2006-03-22
- Pellet 2006-08-23
- Peter J Schmitt 2002-11-18 A
- Peter J Schmitt 2002-11-18 B
- Peter J Schmitt 2002-11-27
- Peter J Schmitt 2002-12-04
- Peter J Schmitt 2003-09-25
- Peter J Schmitt 2003-09-26
- Peter J Schmitt 2003-09-29
- Plabell Rubber Products Inc 2003-02-21
- Plainwell Inc 2005-07-28
- Plymouth Locomotive International Inc 2004-05-27
- Polaroid 2004-06-23
R
- Refractory Handling Inc 2005-06-30
- Reliant Industries Inc 2007-03-30
- Republic 2002-10-31
- Republic 2002-11-19
- Republic 2002-11-20 A
- Republic 2002-11-20 B
- Republic 2002-11-25
- Republic 2002-11-27
- Republic 2002-11-29 A
- Republic 2002-11-29 B
- Republic Storage Systems 2010-11-26
- Republic Technologies Intl-USWA 2009-04-16 A
- Republic Technologies Intl-USWA 2009-04-16 B
- Republic Technologies Intl-USS-KOBE Steel Co 2009-04-17
- Republic Technologies Intl-USWA 2009-08-31
- Rockford Product Corp. 2011-10-31
- Rowe Int'l 2009-09-16 (Consolidated)
S
- Savage Industries Inc 2003-07-25
- Schlensker Drilling 2003-11-13
- Sharon Steel Corp 2003-12-16 A
- Sharon Steel Corp 2003-12-16 B
- Sharon Steel Corp 2003-12-16 C
- Sharon Steel Corp 2004-07-21
- Shasta Paper Company 2005-09-30 A
- Shasta Paper Company 2005-09-30 B
- Singer Co 2004-07-22
- Slater Steels Fort Wayne Specialty Alloys 2005-12-02
- Smith Corona Corp 2004-10-28
- Special Metals Corp 2005-06-24
- Special Metals Corp 2010-03-19
- Standard Steel - Burnham and Latrobe Plants 2005-11-18
- Standard Tube Union Pension Plan 2013-04-26
- Thomaston Mills Inc 2003-11-14
- Thorn Apple Valley-Smoked Meats 2004-02-19
T
- Thunderbird Mining Co. 2007-11-30
- Thunderbird Mining Company 2005-08-15
- Thunderbird Mining Co (consolidated) 2007-11-07
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-03-27
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-03-29 A
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-03-29 B
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-04-03
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-04-04
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-05-24
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-06-30 A
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-06-30 B
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-09-17
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-10-15
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-10-30
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-11-13
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-11-17
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-11-18
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-11-19
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2003-12-19
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2004-03-04
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2004-04-30
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2004-05-31
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2004-09-06
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2004-10-28
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2005-03-18
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2005-06-07
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2005-06-13
- Trans World Airlines Inc 2007-05-25
- Transue & Williams Stamping Co 2003-06-27
U
- United Airlines Ground Employees 2011-09-27
- United Airlines Inc. Pilots 2013-12-11
- United Airlines Inc. Pilots 2014-09-30
- United Airlines Inc. Pilots 2014-11-28
- United Airlines Inc. Pilots 2014-12-23
- US Airways 2008-02-29
- US Airways 2008-06-30
- US Airways 2009-06-05
- US Airways IAM 2009-06-19
- US Airways 2008-09-11
- US Airways 2009-12-14
- U.S. Airway 2010-08-13
- US Airways 2011-03-04
- US Airways-2011-06-20
- US Airways 2012-01-10
- US Airways 2012-01-11
- US Airways Inc Flight Attendants Retirement Plan 2012-01-10
- US Airways Inc Flight Attendants Retirement Plan 2012-01-11
- US Airways Inc Pilots Retirement Income Plan 2012-05-09
V
W
- Walter Pye's Stores
- Washburn Wire Co 2004-03-17
- Weirton Steel Corp 2005-07-15
- Weirton Steel Corp 2005-11-18
- Weirton Steel Corp 2007-06-14
- Wiretex Manufacturing 2004-02-19
- Weirton-2006-03-31-A
- Weirton-2006-03-31-B
- Weirton Steel Corp 2006-03-31