MILWAUKEE BREWERY WORKERS' PENSION PLAN v. JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO.

No. 93-768.

513 U.S. 414 (1995)

MILWAUKEE BREWERY WORKERS' PENSION PLAN v. JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO. et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided February 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Bruton argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Neil K. Quinn, Robert Marc Chemers, and Mary Anne H. Capron.

Richard K. Willard argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Sara E. Hauptfuehrer, James W. Greer, and David C. Hertel.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA), 94 Stat. 1208, 29 U. S. C. §§ 1381-1461, provides that an employer who withdraws from an underfunded multiemployer pension plan must pay a charge sufficient to cover that employer's fair share of the plan's unfunded liabilities. The statute permits the employer to pay that charge in lump sum or to ...

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