Legal Opinion
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 20, 2012No. Civil Action No. 09-517PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
In May 2003, the Thunderbird Mining Company (“Thunderbird”) filed for bankruptcy, stopped production at its iron ore facility, and placed nearly 400 hourly employees on indefinite temporary layoff. In light of Thunderbird’s troubled business prospects, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Company (“PBGC”), in accordance with its statutory mandate to insure and protect pension benefits, moved to terminate the pension plan that Thunderbird had established for its hourly workers and have the PBGC appointed as statutory trustee of the plan. Plaintiffs in…
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