Legal Opinion
Moriarty v. Larry G. Lewis Funeral Directors Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1998No. 97-3894PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Pension and health coverage through mul-ti-employer plans is expensive — for the Teamsters’ funeral industry plan in Chicago, about $7,000 per employee per year. Many firms therefore seek to limit coverage to the employees closest to retirement or at greatest risk of illness. Pension and welfare funds resist such efforts to leave them saddled with the bad risks, shorn of contributions from younger and healthier persons. In a series of cases we have held that a particular firm’s employees must be in or out as a (bargaining) unit, if the collective bargaining…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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