Legal Opinion
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Concrete Structures of the Midwest, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1993No. 92-3794PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Concrete Structures of the Midwest, Inc. (“CSM”) has signed successive collective bargaining agreements with the Laborers’ District Council of Chicago, a union, since 1987. At issue today is whether CSM agreed to guarantee the debts of its subcontractors who owed the union for work covered by CSM’s collective bargaining agreement with the union. Two of the union’s benefit funds, the Laborers’ Pension Fund and Laborers’ Welfare Fund,1 filed this suit under Sections 502 and 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. §§ 1132 and 1145) (“ERISA”)…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust v. Gerber Truck Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Arthur M. Herman v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Robbins v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Ooley v. Schwitzer Division, Household Manufacturing Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
- Laborers' Pension Fund v. Concrete Structures Of The Midwest, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Cent. States, Se & Sw Pens. v. Cent. TransportDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994