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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TEAMSTERS v. FOODTOWN, INC.

No. 01-2542.

296 F.3d 164 (2002)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 863 PENSION FUND, Appellant, v. FOODTOWN, INC., Martin Vitale; Ronald Ginsberg; Hy Shulman; Nicholas D'Agostino; George P. Farley; Joseph Azzolina; Victor Laracca; Gerard Norkus; Ron Dickerson; Sydney Katz; Williams Michas; Donald Norkus; Edmund J. Paczkowski; Jack Pytluk; Michael Zimmerman; David Maniaci; William Davidson; Food Circus Supermarkets, Inc.; Norkus Enterprises, Inc.; Norkus, Inc.; Norkus Foodtown, Inc.; Davidson Supermarket, Inc.; Davidson Brothers, Inc.; Franelen, Inc.; Nicholas Markets, Inc.; Food King, Inc.; West Essex Foodtown, Inc.; L.J.V., Inc.; E. Dickerson & Son, Inc.; P.S.K. Supermarkets, Inc.; Manyfoods, Inc.; Francis Markets, Ltd; Harp Marketing Corporation; Sidney Charles Markets, Inc.; D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.; V & V, Inc.; Neptune City Liquors, Inc.; John Does 1-50; ABC Corporations 1-5; ABC Corporations 1-50.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: July 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth I. Nowak, (argued), Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, Newark, NJ, for appellant.

Roger D. Netzer, (argued), Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, Susan Stryker Sterns & Weinroth, Trenton, NJ, for appellees — Foodtown, Inc., et al.

Anthony X. Arturi, Jr., (argued), Alampi, Arturi, D'Argenio, & Guaglardi, LLP, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, for appellee — Martin Vitale.

James M. Strauss, Christopher M. Houlihan, Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson, LLP, New York City, for appellees — Nicholas D'Agostino and D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.

Before: McKEE and FUENTES, Circuit Judges, and POGUE, Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POGUE, Judge, Court of International Trade:

Obligated by two collective bargaining agreements with Teamsters Local 863 (the "Local"), Twin County Grocers, Inc. ("Twin"), a wholesale distributor of supermarket and related products which had become insolvent, incurred withdrawal liability in the amount of $9.3 million to the Local's multiemployer pension fund. The Board of Trustees of the pension fund ("Appellant") sought judgment against...

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