Legal Opinion
Thomas E. Heinz and Richard J. Schmitt, Jr. v. Central Laborers' Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 2002No. 00-3314PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to decide whether a pension plan amendment which expands the types of post-retirement employment that trigger mandatory suspension of early retirement benefits violates ERISA’s “anti-cutback” rule, 29 U.S.C. § 1054(g), when applied to suspend the benefits of the plaintiffs, who retired before the amendment. The district court, relying on Spacek v. Maritime Ass’n, 134 F.3d 283 (5th Cir.1998), granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant pension fund. We reject the Fifth Circuit’s interpretation of 29 U.S.C. § 1054(g) and hold that the…
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