JOHNSON v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 93-2357.

19 F.3d 1184 (1994)

John H. JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Maloney, McNALLY, MALONEY & PETERSON, Milwaukee, WI, Susan Martin (argued), WARD, KEENAN & BARRETT, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael H. Auen (argued), FOLEY & LARDNER, Madison, WI, Karl A. Dahlen, Paul D. Braun, FOLEY & LARDNER, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and REINHARD, District Judge.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation (GNN) decided to resist a takeover bid by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Among the steps GNN took to make itself less attractive was an alteration in its pension plan. At the end of 1989 the plan's assets exceeded the value of all promised benefits (including those that had not vested) by some $80 million. Because employees had made contributions toward their pensions until 1988, the Employee Retirement...

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