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BECKER v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

No. 00-4414.

281 F.3d 372 (2002)

Larry BECKER; Stephen Capkovic, III; Lee R. Christ; James Daquisto; Michael Dreher; Randy Frey; Robert Gaston; Charles Grohotolski; Barry Jones; John Judd; Dennis Knopf, Wayne Labaty; William Lehman; Thomas Litchauer; Bruce McFarland; Michael Meyers; Samuel Oliveria; Robert Peters; Sherwood Peters; Thomas Roberts; Katherine Takacs; Scott Takacs; Anthony Tratnyek; Claire Williams; Dennis C. Acker; Richard Balliet; Alexander Bandi, Jr.; Stephen R. Becker; Timothy S. Beller; Anita L. Belles; Thomas F. Benner, Jr.; Judith A. Binder; David J. Bobo; James P. Burger, Jr.; Ralph A. Christman; Lavern R. Clater; Alfred W. Dilabio; Michael A. Dilcher; Wayne R. Ernst; Daniel H. Freed; Edward A. Freed; John L. Golden; Manuel I. Guedes; Dennis P. Hafer; Sheila K. Hansler; Claytor Howard; Jeffrey Husack; James P. Kalavoda, Jozef Kazimir; John S. Kerbacher; Anthony A. Kiss; Joseph J. Kiss; Stephen J. Kiss; Michael Klucar; Dennis G. Koehler; Andrew J. Korutz; Richard D. Dratzer; Thomas A. Marshman; Ronald P. Marcks; Jan A. Merkel; Jane L. Michael; Chester C. Miller; Paul J. Mishko, Jr.; Dennis R. Pascoe; Thomas E. Pruzinsky; Joseph M. Rice; Bruce L. Rothrock, Jr.; Edward R. Sajt; Gerald Robert Schueck; Peter M. Sinclair; David W. Smith; Dale R. Snyder; Maryann J. Sosnowski; Darrel C. Stofflet; George M. Szep; John J. Szilagyi; Bruce Torrence; Cheryl A. Yandrasits, Appellants, v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed February 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quintes D. Taglioli (Argued), Markowitz & Richman, Allentown, PA, Attorney for Appellants.

Edward T. Ellis (Argued), Jeanne L. Bakker, David E. Brier, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.

Mary Ellen Signorille, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC, Attorney for Amici-Appellants American Association of Retired Persons and National Employment Lawyers Association.

Before: ROTH, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether § 510 of the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1140, applies to rehiring decisions. Plaintiffs are former employees of defendant Mack Trucks, Inc., who lost their jobs when Mack closed its Allentown plant in 1987. Some plaintiffs had vested pension rights at the time they were laid off. Others merely had credit for past service. In 1997, when...

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