ANDERSEN v. CHRYSLER CORP.

No. 95-3335.

99 F.3d 846 (1996)

William ANDERSEN, Robert Chriske, Marlyn Hestetune, et al., for themselves and on behalf of all Participants and Beneficiaries of the Chrysler/AMC Salaried Employee Pension Plan, who have completed 30 or more years of service and had not yet attained age 55 at the time of termination, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, A.P. St. John and W.B. Maher, individually, as fiduciaries under the Chrysler/AMC Salaried Employees Pension Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis R. Croak, Mark C. Veldey, David J. Hase, Brian R. Wanasek (argued), Cook & Franke, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ely A. Leichting, Daniel E. Conley (argued), Heidi Retzlaff, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

This putative class action is the third in a series of three lawsuits brought by six named plaintiffs against Chrysler Corporation ("Chrysler"). They challenge various benefits they received following the closing of the plants in which they worked. The district court believed this lawsuit was foreclosed on the ground of res judicata because of the previous two suits. It therefore granted summary judgment for the defendants. Although we cannot...

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