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JOHN MORRELL & CO. v. UNITED FOOD AND COM. WORKERS

No. 93-2863.

37 F.3d 1302 (1994)

JOHN MORRELL & CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO; Benard J. Aning, as representative of a defendant class, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving M. King, Chicago, IL, argued (Kelly J. Hupfeld, on the brief), for appellants.

Wilber H. Boies, Chicago, IL, argued (Jeremiah D. Murphy, Sioux Falls, SD, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

John Morrell & Co. ("Morrell") and the United Food and Commercial Workers (the "Union") were parties to "Master" collective bargaining agreements from the 1940's until April 1, 1989. In 1991, after negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, Morrell and the Union disagreed over whether the expired Master Agreements obligate Morrell to pay continuing health benefits to hourly employees who retired before April 1, 1989.

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