Legal Opinion
Windstream Corporation v. Johnny Lee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2014No. 13-1723PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In 2009 Windstream Communications modified the premium subsidy it paid to former employees enrolled in its medical benefits plan for retirees. The company filed this action in November 2009 against Johnny Lee and other retirees who challenged company authority to modify retiree benefits unilaterally. Windstream sought a declaratory judgment that it has the authority to modify retiree benefit premium contributions without violating either a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Michael Argenyi v. Creighton UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
- John Morrell & Company v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and Clc Dennis Foster, Individually and in His Capacity as President of Local 304a James R. Lyons, Individually and in His Capacity as Business Representative and Corresponding Secretary of Local 304a John Doe and Other Persons Unknown, John Morrell & Company, a Corporation v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio and Clc United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and ClcCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Edward N. Hughes and Dorothy K. Hughes v. 3m Retiree Medical Plan and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company ("3m")Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- John Morrell & Co. v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio Benard J. Aning, as Representative of a ClassCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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