Legal Opinion

Cole v. Meritor, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 20, 2017No. 06-2224PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GILMAN, J., delivered the superseding opinion of court in which SUHRHEINRICH and WHITE, JJ„ joined. WHITE, J. (pg. 702), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

SUPERSEDING OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

The key issue in this case is whether the retired employees of Meritor, Inc. and Meritor’s predecessors have a vested right to lifetime healthcare benefits. In this court’s prior decision in Cole v. ArvinMeritor, Inc., 549 F.3d 1064 (6th Cir. 2008), we held that the retirees have such a right. Our decision was controlled by this court’s earlier cases of UAW v. Yard-Man, Inc., 716…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRBSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Jan M. Sexton Salmi v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  4. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (Uaw), and Local 134, Uaw v. Yard-Man, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
  5. M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. TackettSupreme Court of the United States · 2015

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. Rebecca Cooper v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  4. Watkins v. Honeywell International Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
  5. Barbara Fletcher v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018

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