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WINDSTREAM CORP. v. DA GRAGNANO

No. 13-1723.

757 F.3d 798 (2014)

WINDSTREAM CORPORATION; Windstream Benefits Committee; Windstream Systems of the Midwest Inc.; Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP, doing business as Windstream Communications Southwest, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Lido DA GRAGNANO; Forrest Bainbridge; Craig Wallace; Byron Spainhour; Jack Kiser; Patrick Andrews; Mario Mascioni; John Stolte; Rose Cardinale; Betty M. Bassinger; Edward J. Buzonas, Sr.; Anita J. Starkey, Defendants Johnny Lee, Individually and as Representative of Persons Similarly Situated, Defendant-Appellant Jack E. Bruns; Armando T. Rodriguez; David C. Strom; Mary E. Winters; Raymond E. Wieland; Helen E. Franks; Homer A. Meekins; Arlene Crouch-Hill; Jean L. Randall; Pauline Y. Robinson; Helen M. Hale; Danny Ammons; Thomas Weldon Case; Careatha A. Adams; Floyd L. Madison; Dorene R. Fuller; Donald H. Rempe; Carmen M. Bryant; Sarah McMullen; Linda Sue Donahue; Donald F. Antholz; Charles J. Moore; Joseph P. Wansolich; Thomas Farrell Watts; Agnes M. Davis; John W. Haak; Jack R. Elliot; Tyrone M. Kimrey; Dan Weinheimer, Defendants Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Cross Claimant-Appellant Valor Telecommunications of Texas LP, doing business as Windstream Communications Southwest, Cross Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 8, 2014.

Corrected: July 8, 2014.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Van Os , argued, Austin, TX, Matt Holder, on the brief, Austin, TX, John L. Burnett , on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.

Richard Samson Krumholz , argued, Dallas, TX, Mark Miller , on the brief, Houston, TX, Rachel Louise Williams , Richard Samson Krumholz , on the brief, Dallas, TX, Troy A. Price , Stephen R. Lancaster , and Michelle M. Kaemmerling , on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.

Before LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

In 2009 Windstream Communications modified the premium subsidy it paid to former employees enrolled in its medical benefits plan for retirees. The company filed this action in November 2009 against Johnny Lee and other retirees who challenged company authority to modify retiree benefits unilaterally. Windstream sought a declaratory judgment that it has the authority to modify retiree benefit premium contributions without violating either a collective...

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