CHICAGO TRUCK DRIVERS v. CENTURY MOTOR FREIGHT

No. 96-3663.

125 F.3d 526 (1997)

CHICAGO TRUCK DRIVERS, HELPERS AND WAREHOUSE UNION (INDEPENDENT) PENSION FUND, a pension trust, and George Ossey, Jack Stewart, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CENTURY MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Allen, Thomas J. Angell (argued), Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman, Orlove & Stanton, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

John R. Doyle, Cathy H. McNeil, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, Peter M. Lancaster (argued), Timothy Branson, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Century Motor Freight sold all of its assets to Wintz Parcel Drivers in February 1992. The sale meant that Century would no longer be making pension contributions on behalf of its former employees to the Chicago Truck Drivers Union Pension Fund, a multiemployer fund. The responsibility to make payments became Wintz's, but Century was by no means off the hook. Multiemployer pension plans are a popular way for employers to pool their risk and...

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