Local 56, United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Campbell Soup Co.

BROTMAN, District Judge:

This class action arises out of Defendant Campbell Soup Company’s (“Defendant Company”) 1 unilateral reduction of health insurance benefits provided to retirees under the Company’s medical plan. The court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 29 U.S.C. § 1132(e). Presently before the Court is Defendant Company’s partial motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will grant the motion in part and deny it in part.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Benefit Plan: 1965 — 1985

Defendant Company first determined it would provide…