Reese v. CNH Industrial N.V.

DISSENT

In a 9-0 decision reversing our court in M & G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, the Supreme Court asked us to do two things: (1) to interpret collective bargain*888ing agreements “according to ordinary-principles of contract law,” and (2) to stop using the extraordinary Yard-Man “inferences,” which had “placfed] a thumb on the scale in favor of vested retiree benefits in all collective-bargaining agreements.” — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 926, 933, 935, 190 L.Ed.2d 809 (2015). With the unanimous overruling of UAW v. Yard-Man, Inc., 716 F.2d 1476 (6th Cir. 1983), those twin directives became one: apply…