ANDERSON v. INTERNATIONAL UNION

No. 97-1120.

150 F.3d 590 (1998)

Gary ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED PLANT GUARD WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Michael Morris (argued), Morris & Doherty, Birmingham, Michigan, Charles J. Porter (briefed), Birmingham, Michigan, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Bert T. Ross (briefed), Paul J. O'Reilly (argued and briefed), O'Reilly, Rancilio, Nitz, Andrews & Turnbull, Sterling Heights, Michigan, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; MERRITT and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, three former officers of defendant, The International Union, United Plant Guard Workers of America, were promised early retirement by the union president and the union's Executive Board and they contest the union's subsequent denial of early retirement benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. We conclude that the union president and Executive Board may have had "apparent...

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