HAMILTON v. CATERPILLAR INC.

No. 91-2567.

966 F.2d 1226 (1992)

Michael R. HAMILTON, individually and on Behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard N. Flamm (argued), Norman Mednick, New York City, Earl A. Payson, Nagle, Harris, Cook & Payson, Davenport, Iowa, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael A. Warner (argued), J. Stephen Poor, John T. Murray, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., Theodore R. Johnson, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In January 1986, Caterpillar announced that it was thinking about closing its plants in Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa. Soon thereafter, Caterpillar began negotiations with Local 215 of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, which represented Caterpillar's employees at the Iowa plants. As a result of the negotiations, in July 1986 Caterpillar agreed to establish...

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