Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Bulk Transport Corp.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of .1980 amends ERISA by imposing liability on employers who withdraw, partially or completely, from participation in an underfunded multiem-ployer pension fund, thus reducing the fund’s resources for providing the pension money to which employees of the fund’s members are contractually entitled. See 29 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund is such a fund, and Bulk Transport Corp. is a member of the Fund and has made contributions to the pension account of Terry Loniewski, one of…