Legal Opinion
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust v. Gerber Truck Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1989No. 87-2480PublishedCited by 280 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
We took this case en banc to decide whether, when an employer and union submit to a pension fund documents promising to make contributions on behalf of all employees, understandings and practices that would prevent enforcement of the writings between employer and union also defeat the fund’s claims. The answer depends on § 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1145, which provides:
Every employer who is obligated to make contributions to a multiemployer plan under the terms of the plan or under the terms of a collectively bargained…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kaiser Steel Corp. v. MullinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by280 opinions
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