Legal Opinion

MacKillop v. Lowe's Market, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 11, 1995No. Nos. 93-35541, 94-35102PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Lowe’s Markets, Inc. (Lowe’s) appeals a summary judgment in which the district court held it liable for pension and health care contributions to certain multiemployer benefit plans. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Lowe’s operates an Oregon grocery store. Union representatives for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 began picketing the store in 1991. This had a negative effect on business, and Lowe’s eventually signed two collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) in August of 1991. One CBA, a retail meatcutter agreement, required Lowe’s to make contributions on behalf of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust v. Gerber Truck Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
Southwest Administrators, Inc. v. Rozay's Transfer, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local No. 162, an Unincorporated Association v. Jason Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
Benson v. Brower's Moving & Storage, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
Washington Area Carpenters' Welfare Fund v. Overhead Door Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1980

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3Cited by1 opinion

Ken MacKillop Kathy Morris Ken Gabriel Carl Wojciechowski Harold Carlson, as Trustees for the Oregon Federation of Butchers Pension Trust v. Lowe's Market, Inc., D/B/A St. Helens Shop N' Kart, Ken MacKillop Kathy Morris Darrel Coffey Carl Wojciechowski Arthur Dulemba Robert Hewett, as Trustees for the Oregon Federation of Butchers Pension Trust v. Lowe's Market, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, D/B/A St. Helens Shop N' KartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995