CENTRAL STATES PENSION FUND v. WASTE MGT. OF MICH.

No. 10-3286.

674 F.3d 630 (2012)

CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND, and Arthur H. Bunte, Jr., as Trustee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MICHIGAN, INC., a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Bogle (argued), Attorney, Central States Funds, Law Department, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Susan K. Hoffman (argued), Attorney, Littler Mendelson, Philadelphia, PA, Jeffrey C. Kauffman , Attorney, Littler Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and PRATT, District Judge.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Waste Management of Michigan, Inc., sought an early withdrawal from its obligation to make pension contributions to Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (the "Fund"), a multiemployer pension fund. But Waste Management's agreements with the Fund did not provide for an early withdrawal; in fact, clear language prevented it from taking such action. Waste Management was thus left in the unenviable position of arguing that the...

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