Roth v. City of Glendale

¶ 41. (concurring). The majority adopts the approach of the concurring opinion in Bidlack v. Wheelabrator Corp., 993 F.2d 603, 611 (7th Cir. 1993)(en banc)(Cudahy, J., concurring) as the analytical framework for determining whether retirement welfare benefits in collective bargaining agreements are vested. I would adopt the approach of the lead opinion in Bidlack, and therefore concur.

¶ 42. As the majority notes, the lead opinion in Bidlack retreated from Senn s1 bright-line approach regarding vesting language in collective bargaining agreements, establishing instead an analytical approach to…