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MICHOTA v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. (BUDWEISER)

Nos. 84-5137, 84-5144, 84-5179, 84-5180, 84-5181, and 84-5182.

755 F.2d 330 (1985)

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 Fund. (6 Cases) PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff, v. CHOCK FULL O'NUTS CORPORATION Third-Party Defendant. (6 Cases) CHOCK FULL O'NUTS CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. Henry T. HAMILTON, Herbert V. Johnson, Frank A. Jackiewicz, Frank Sullivan, Herbert Heilmann, Jr., Henry Tchorzewski, Benno Merker, Arthur Spinello, Herb Poeschla, Howard Pines, William Griffin, Henry Frank, Henry Webber, Rocco Marsano, Joseph Fitzsimmons, Nicholas Raimo, Thomas King and John Ostach As Trustees of the New Jersey Brewery Employees, Fourth-Party Defendants. (6 Cases) 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. (6 Cases) Appeal of ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. in Nos. 84-5137 and 84-5179. Appeal of PABST BREWING COMPANY in Nos. 84-5144 and 84-5180. Appeal of CHOCK FULL O'NUTS CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant in No. 84-5181. Appeal of PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (THE "PBGC") in No. 84-5182.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Ryan, Rosemary A. Hall (argued), Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N.J., for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., appellant in Nos. 84-5137 and 84-5179.

John J. Rizzo (argued), Stryker, Tams & Dill, Newark, N.J., for Pabst Brewing Co., appellant in Nos. 84-5144 and 84-5180; Martin I. Shelton, Bruce M. Stachenfeld, New York City, of counsel.

Dean G. Yuzek (argued), Shea & Gould, New York City, Lawrence A. Whipple, Jr., Whipple, Ross & Hirsch, Newark, N.J., for Chock Full O'Nuts, appellant in No. 84-5181, and Rheingold Breweries; Martin I. Shelton, Bruce M. Stachenfeld, New York City, of counsel.

Henry Rose, Gen. Counsel, James N. Dulcan, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Mitchell L. Strickler, Stephen D. Schreiber (argued), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Legal Dept., Washington, D.C., for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., appellant in No. 84-5182.

Richard K. Coplon (argued), Bernard Hellring, Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal, Newark, N.J., for appellees, Michota, Bruno, et al.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, BECKER, Circuit Judge, and CAHN, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied March 22, 1985.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Chief Judge.

The dispositive question in these consolidated appeals is whether, in a class action brought by prospective pensioners under Sections 301 and 302 of the LMRA and Section 502 of ERISA, inclusion of an amendment to a pension fund plan in a ratified collective bargaining agreement provides sufficient notice of the terms of that amendment to prospective...

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