REESE v. CNH AMERICA LLC

Nos. 08-1234, 08-1302, 08-1912.

574 F.3d 315 (2009)

Jack REESE, Frances Elaine Pidde, James Cichanofsky, Roger Miller, and George Nowlin, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. CNH AMERICA LLC (f/k/a Case Corporation) and CNH Global N.V., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bobby R. Burchfield, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Roger J. McClow, Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Bobby R. Burchfield, Jason Alan Levine, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., Norman C. Ankers, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Roger J. McClow, Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: RYAN, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

At stake in this appeal is whether a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) grants retirees lifetime health-care benefits upon retirement. Consistent with our precedents in this area, we hold that it does so. That conclusion, however, does not resolve the scope of those benefits. Because the CBA and related documents do not say anything about subsequent modifications to these benefits and because the application...

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