Geigle v. Flacke

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The two Union Trustees of Meatcutters Local 88 and Food Employers’ and Allied Industry Pension Plan sought to increase the benefit level under the Plan. The two Employer Trustees would not agree to the proposed change, so the Union Trustees brought this lawsuit, seeking either to compel the Employer Trustees to submit the dispute to an impartial arbitrator or, if the parties could not agree on an impartial arbitrator, to have the court appoint an impartial umpire to resolve the dispute under Section 302(c)(5) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 186(c)(5)…