The following excerpt is from Music v. Trustees of Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, 867 F.2d 613 (9th Cir. 1989):
"Eligibility decisions by the trustees of an employee benefit plan will not be reversed by the courts unless they are arbitrary, capricious, made in bad faith, not supported by substantial evidence, or erroneous on a question of law." Malhiot v. Southern California Retail Clerks Union, 735 F.2d 1133, 1135 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1189 (1985).
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