SCHANE v. INTERNATIONAL BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS UNION

No. 13-3745.

760 F.3d 585 (2014)

Jeffory SCHANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL NO. 710 PENSION FUND PENSION PLAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bartolic , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Librado Arreola , Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Jeffory Schane, now retired, receives a monthly pension from his union pension plan. The plan's board of trustees has determined that, based on its interpretation of the pension plan, Schane is entitled to $2,600 per month. Schane reads the plan differently, and believes he should receive $2,900. We are asked to decide whether the trustees' interpretation of the plan is arbitrary or capricious.

I. Background

In February 2008...

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