Legal Opinion
Walter Godchaux, Jr. v. Conveying Techniques, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1988No. 87-3398PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Walter Godchaux, Jr., sold his Louisiana manufacturing business, Nadust-co, to Conveying Techniques, Inc. (“CTI”), on December 30, 1982. One year later, on December 31, 1983, CTI withdrew Nadust-co from Nadustco’s union-negotiated, mul-tiemployer pension plan. By a letter dated May 15, 1984, counsel for the pension plan informed CTI that Nadustco had incurred a $225,753 “withdrawal liability.” This withdrawal liability, which 29 U.S.C. § 1381 imposes upon employers who withdraw from a multiemployer pension plan, 1 is calculated according to the unfunded…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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