UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY v. KELSEY-HAYES CO.

No. 13-1717.

750 F.3d 546 (2014)

UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC; Ronald D. Strait; Danny O. Stevens, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY; TRW Automotive, Inc.; TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gregory V. Mersol , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Stuart M. Israel , Legghio & Israel, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Gregory V. Mersol , Gilbert Brosky , Todd A. Dawson and Jeffrey R. Vlasek , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Stuart M. Israel , John G. Adam , Legghio & Israel, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellees.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MERRITT, J., joined, and SUTTON, J., joined in part. MERRITT, J. (pp. 560-61), delivered a separate concurring opinion. SUTTON, J. (pp. 561-63), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185 et seq., and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Defendants are Kelsey-Hayes Company and its parent company, TRW Automotive. Plaintiffs are a class of 400 retired union workers from the now-closed Kelsey-Hayes automobile-manufacturing...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases