Legal Opinion
Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 29, 2012No. 10-3286PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Waste Management of Michigan, Inc., sought an early withdrawal from its obligation to make pension contributions to Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (the “Fund”), a multiemployer pension fund. But Waste Management’s agreements with the Fund did not provide for an early withdrawal; in fact, clear language prevented it from taking such action. Waste Management was thus left in the unenviable position of arguing that the clear language in its agreements perhaps was not so clear. Undoubtedly, that is true in some cases. But this is not one of those…
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