Legal Opinion
Orth v. Wisconsin State Employees Union, Council 24
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 2008No. 07-2778PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this suit under both ERISA and the Taft-Hartley Act charge the defendants, an employer and a welfare benefits plan, with having violated provisions of an ERISA plan contained in a collective bargaining agreement between the employer (Council 24 of the Wisconsin State Employees Union) and the union that represented Mr. Orth. The district judge granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs and also awarded them their attorneys’ fees. The appeal requires us to consider, among other things, the circumstances in which extrinsic evidence can be used to…
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