Legal Opinion
Frank Lumpkin v. Envirodyne Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1991No. 90-1233PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
I. Background
This case requires us to untangle the legal positions of parties disputing whether former employees of the Wisconsin Steel Division (“Division”) should be awarded more than $40 million in lost pension benefits that they earned from 1977-1980. The litigation before us represents but one chapter in a complex cycle of litigation stemming from the sale of a steel plant in 1977. 1 The plaintiff class appeals Judge Moran’s grant of Envirodyne’s motion to dismiss their case for vested benefits earned between 1977 and 1980. Because this dismissal was granted on…
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