UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. CRANE CO.

No. 78-2541.

605 F.2d 714 (1979)

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. CRANE COMPANY and its subsidiary, Acheson Manufacturing Company, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Emanuel, III, John J. McLean, Jr. (argued), R. A. King, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

William H. Schmelling (argued), Asst. Gen. Counsel, United Steelworkers of America, Chicago, Ill., for appellee; Bernard Kleiman, Gen. Counsel, United Steelworkers of America, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before ADAMS, ROSENN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

In this case we must examine, under certain collective bargaining agreements, the extent of an employer's obligations for its employees' pensions, when the employer has closed its plant and terminated the pension plan. The United Steelworkers of America ("Union") brought suit under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1976), upon two claims: (1) that the Crane Company was reneging...

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