Maytag Corp. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.,

The United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers International Union and Local 997 (collectively, the UAW or the Union) appeal the district court 1 judgment after a five-day bench trial declaring that Whirlpool Corporation may unilaterally modify the health care benefits it provides to retired hourly workers previously employed at the Newton, Iowa manufacturing facilities of Whirlpool’s now-dissolved subsidiary, Maytag Corporation. The issues on appeal are whether an Article III case or controversy existed when Whirlpool filed its declaratory judgment…