Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1994No. 93-2736, 93-2899PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, an employer that withdraws from a multiemployer pension plan can be forced to pay the plan a sum approximating the vested but unfunded benefits of the employer’s employees. 29 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. The purpose of this “withdrawal liability,” which is enforceable in a suit by the pension plan with issues of fact resolved by an arbitrator subject to review by the district court for clear error (see 29 U.S.C. §§ 1401(b)(2), (c), 1451, as glossed in Chicago Truck Drivers, Etc. Pension Fund v. Louis Zahn Drug Co.,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Parts and Electric Motors, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Sterling Electric, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Stroehmann Bakeries, Inc. v. Local 776, International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by49 opinions
- GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Goldfarb Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Mary J. Carr v. Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Junerous Cook v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Chicago Truck Drivers v. El Paso CGP Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- SUPERVALU, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Southwestern Pennsylvania & Western Maryland Area Teamsters & Employers Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
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