BARTON v. CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS-RAVENSWOOD

No. 16-1103.

851 F.3d 349 (2017)

Ronald BARTON; Neil Knox; Elijah P. Morris; Wayne Morris; John Tabor, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated; United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO/CLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS-RAVENSWOOD, LLC; Constellium Rolled Products-Ravenswood, LLC Employees Group Benefits Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph P. Stuligross, UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Christopher Alan Weals, MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Pamina Ewing, McKean Evans, FEINSTEIN DOYLE PAYNE & KRAVEC, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Charles C. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois, Sean K. McMahan, Abbey M. Glenn, MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Duncan and Judge Harris joined.


A class of retirees and their union filed this action after their former employer unilaterally altered its retiree health benefits program. Because the governing collective bargaining agreement does not provide for vested retiree health benefits, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to the employer...

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