ROBBINS v. PEPSI-COLA METROPOLITAN BOTTLING CO.

Nos. 84C170, 85C9385.

636 F.Supp. 641 (1986)

Loran W. ROBBINS, et al., Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants, v. The PEPSI-COLA METROPOLITAN BOTTLING COMPANY, et al., Defendants/Counterclaimants, and Frito-Lay, Inc., et al., Additional Counterclaimants, and Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, et al., Additional Counterclaim Defendant. CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND, et al., Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants, v. PEPSICO, INC., et al., Defendants/Counterclaimants, and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles; Taco Bell Corp.; Pizza Hut, Inc.; and North American Van Lines, Inc., Additional Counterclaimants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

May 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil K. Quinn, Joseph B. Lederleitner, Mary Anne H. Capron, Richard M. Waris, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Thomas C. Nyhan, Alan M. Levy, John E. Bardgett, Daniel M. Locallo, Chicago, Ill., Rodney F. Page, Michael Evan Jaffe, Ronald L. Castle, James J. Armbruster, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., James L. Coghlan, Coghlan & Joyce, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Arthur S. Friedman, Peter N. Wang, Deborah Fabricant, Friedman, Wang, Bleiberg & Heimer, P.C., New York City, Stanley J. Adelman, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Ill., for defendants/counterclaimants.

John R. Climaco, John A. Peca, Jr., Thomas L. Colaluca, John M. Masters, Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore & Lefkowitz Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Edward J. Calihan, Jr., Anna Lavin, Calihan & Lavin, Chicago, Ill., for third-party defendants.

Henry Rose, Mitchell L. Strickler, Washington, D.C. Gen. Counsel, Eileen M. Marutzky, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Local Counsel, for amicus curiae.


NORDBERG, District Judge.

These consolidated actions seek to recover withdrawal liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. ("ERISA"), as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 ("MPPAA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. Plaintiff Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund ("Central States") is a multiemployer plan as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(37)(A)...

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