Legal Opinion
Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1979No. Nos. 77-2146, 77-2147PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the United Auto Workers appeal from the district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Nachman Corporation. The lower court granted declaratory relief, limiting Nachman’s pension liability to the amounts accumulated in a pension plan trust fund.
*950The collectively bargained pension plan contains a clause excluding employer liability by limiting the employees’ recourse to the assets of the pension fund. The issue raised on appeal is whether the Employee Retirement Security Income Act of 1974 (ERISA),…
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