Jorden Hodgins v. Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund

Because, in my opinion, Reiherzer v. Shannon, 581 F.2d 1266 (7th Cir. 1978), incorrectly interpreted the provisions of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan with respect to the eligibility of supervisors, I cannot join in the reasoning of the majority opinion. I concur in the result on the basis that the Fund is estopped from denying the eligibility of Hodgins to receive pension benefits.

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The majority relies exclusively on Reiher-zer v. Shannon to justify the award of benefits. Reiherzer is concerned with the Fund’s ruling that a self-employed contributor was…