ADAMS v. N. J. BREWERY EMP. PEN. TRUST FUND, ETC.

Nos. 81-1347, 81-1348.

670 F.2d 387 (1982)

ADAMS, Gustav A., Andrew F. Dopkins, and Robert Malcolm, deceased by his Executrix Lillian Malcolm v. Trustees of the NEW JERSEY BREWERY EMPLOYEES' PENSION TRUST FUND, LOCAL UNION 843, I.B. of T., Falstaff Brewing Corporation, and Joseph M. Byrne Co., a corporation of the State of New Jersey. MICHOTA, Bruno; Walter Lemke; Abraham Geliman []; Lawrence Balback; Bolly Bonk; William Dunne; Bernard Kosciewicz; Siegfried Milchram; Howard Sears; Stephen Gardzinski; Harry Wolf; Bruno Dziedzic; William Riedel; Salvatore Guarneri; Samuel Monto; Fermin Loma; Vincent Sadowski; Stanley Kiesnowski; Anthony Bellina; Frank Pavolonis; William Roesch; Michael Duda; Edward Strittmatter; Frederick Hubner; Peter Rudy; Harold Wanthouse; Joseph Duffy; Joseph Coyle and Grace Green (Widow of Harold Green, Deceased) v. ANHEUSER BUSCH, INCORPORATED (Budweiser); P. Ballantine & Sons; Pabst Brewing Company; Falstaff Brewing Corporation; Investors Funding Corporation; Rheingold Breweries, Inc.; The New Jersey Brewery Employees' Pension Trust Fund; Henry T. Hamilton; Herbert V. Johnson; Frank A. Jackiewicz; Frank Sullivan; Herbert Heilmann, Jr.; Henry Tchorzewski; Benno Merker and Arthur Spinello as Trustees of The New Jersey Brewery Employees' Pension Trust Fund, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as Trustee for the New Jersey Brewery Employees' Pension Trust Fund. PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, Defendant-3rd Party Plaintiff, v. CHOCK FULL O'NUTS CORPORATION, 3rd-Party Defendant. Appeal of Bruno MICHOTA, Walter Lemke, Abraham Gellman [], Lawrence Balback, Bolly Bonk, William Dunne, Bernard Kosciewicz, Siegfried Milchram, Howard Sears, Stephen Gardzinski, Harry Wolf, Bruno Dziedzic, William Riedel, Salvatore Guarneri, Samuel Monto, Fermin Loma, Vincent Sadowski, Stanley Kiesnowski, Anthony Bellina, Frank Pavolonis, William Roesch, Michael Duda, Edward Strittmatter, Frederick Hubner, Peter Rudy, Harold Want-house, Joseph Duffy, Joseph Coyle and Grace Green (widow of Harold Green, deceased), the individual plaintiffs in their individual capacity and not as representatives of the plaintiff class (plaintiffs in D.C. Civil No. 77-2534), in No. 81-1347. Appeal of PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, defendant in D.C. Civil Nos. 76-1931 and 77-2543, and third-party defendant in D.C. Civil No. 77-2543, Chock Full O'Nuts Corporation, in No. 81-1348.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1982.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Coplon (argued), Bernard Hellring, Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal, Newark, N. J., for Bruno Michota, et al., Individual plaintiffs-appellants and plaintiff class appellees.

Stephen D. Schrieber (argued), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Henry Rose, Mitchell L. Strickler, Baruch Fellner, James N. Dulcan, Washington, D. C., for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Martin I. Shelton, New York City (argued), Roger Cukras, Dean G. Yuzek, Christopher J. Sues, New York City, Whipple & Ross, Newark, N. J., Shea & Gould, New York City, for Chock Full O'Nuts Corp.

Edward F. Ryan (argued), Laurance Reich, Rosemary A. Hall, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N. J., for Anheuser-Busch Inc.

Lawrence A. Whipple, Jr., Whipple & Ross, Newark, N. J., for Rheingold Breweries, Inc. and Chock Full O'Nuts Corp.

John J. Rizzo (argued), Stryker, Tams & Dill, Newark, N. J., for Pabst Brewing Corp.

Before HUNTER, ROSENN and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 10, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUNTER, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us by means of the district court's certification of its judgment for interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1976). On February 5, 1981, we granted the petition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") for permission to appeal.1

The district court held that...

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