Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Southland Corp.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 4, 1985No. 84 C 5330PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the Defendant’s, the Southland Corporation (“SOUTHLAND”), Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. The issue presented by South-land’s motion is whether the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1381, et seq. (“MPPAA”), entitles the Plaintiffs, Trustees of the Dairy Employee’s-Milk Dealer’s Pension Plan (“PLAN”), to payments for Southland’s withdrawal liability pending the arbitrator’s determination of Southland’s withdrawal liability. Southland contends that internal ambiguities and inconsistencies within MPPAA,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. I.A.M. National Pension Fund Benefit Plan C and Alan W. Skolnick v. Stockton Tri IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  2. Louis F. Peick v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Trustees of Retirement Fund of Fur Manufacturing Industry v. Lazar-Wisotzky, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
  4. Board of Trustees of Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund v. J.N. CeazanDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1983
  5. Trustees Retire. Fund v. Lazar-WisotzskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Connors v. Calvert Development Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1985
  2. Robbins v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986

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