Legal Opinion
Trustees of the Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union (Independent) Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 1991No. Nos. 90-2819 and 91-1105PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
More than seven years ago Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc., filed a bankruptcy petition and stopped making payments to the truck drivers pension fund. The Fund filed an untimely, and therefore unavailing, claim in the bankruptcy case. But Central Transport, Inc., GLS Leasco, Inc., and Cen-tra, Inc., firms under common control with Mason & Dixon, were (and are) solvent; the Fund has pursued them as entities liable for Mason & Dixon’s pension obligations under 29 U.S.C. § 1301(b)(1). We call them “Centra” for convenience. Cen-tra did not demand arbitration within the 60…
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