Legal Opinion
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Cross-Appellee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 1995No. 95-1952 & 95-2028PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Between 1987 and 1990 a subsidiary of The Sherwin-Williams Company owned 100% of the stock of Lyons Group, a motor carrier. Lyons was a losing proposition for Sherwin-Williams (as we call the firm and its subsidiaries, collectively), which not only lost money on operations but also sold the stock for less than it paid. The Central States Pension Fund, a multi-employer fund to which Lyons contributed, believes that the price Sherwin-Williams must pay for this adventure exceeds the business losses: when it sold Lyons, the Fund contends, the entire Sherwin-Williams…
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