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Garfield Local 13-566 Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO v. Heyden Newport Chemical Corp.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 9, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 588-58PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRILL, District Judge.
This suit is by a union and by two certain officer members thereof in their individual capacities and as representatives of a class. The class consists of those members of the union who are participants in the pension plan in question.
The employer-defendant Heyden arranged a pension plan for its employees-through the insurer-defendant Equitable. Concededly, this plan was voluntary, in the sense that employees of Hey-den could subscribe to it or withdraw from it at their will. Subsequently, the Union and Heyden entered into a collective bargaining agreement which…
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