Legal Opinion
Contilli v. Local 705 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2009No. 07-2673PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
“Each pension plan shall provide that an employee’s right to his normal retirement benefit is nonforfeitable upon the attainment of normal retirement age”. 29 U.S.C. § 1053(a). Vito Contilli turned 65, the “normal retirement age” of the Teamsters Local 705 Pension Fund, on August 30, 1995. He retired in October 1997 and applied for retirement benefits in January 1998. The Fund approved his application and in February 1998 started paying him a monthly pension of $2,623.50. It did not pay Contilli anything for the post-retirement months of November and December 1997 and…
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