SOFCO ERECTORS v. TRS. OF OHIO OPERATING ENG'RS

Nos. 20-3639/3671.

15 F.4th 407 (2021)

SOFCO ERECTORS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. TRUSTEES OF the OHIO OPERATING ENGINEERS PENSION FUND; Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Fund, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel J. Clark , VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Gary L. Greenberg , JACKSON LEWIS P.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Michael J. Prame , GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED, Washington, D.C., Yaakov M. Roth , JONES DAY, Washington D.C., for Amici Curiae, ON BRIEF: Daniel J. Clark , Allen S. Kinzer , Daniel E. Shuey , VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Gary L. Greenberg , Mark B. Gerano , JACKSON LEWIS P.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Michael J. Prame , GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED, Washington, D.C., Yaakov M. Roth , JONES DAY, Washington D.C., Adam G. Unikowsky , JENNER & BLOCK LLP, Washington, D.C., Andrew M. Johnstone , US FOODS, INC., Rosemont, Illinois, Thomas W.H. Barlow , KOSTOPOULOS RODRIGUEZ, PLLC, Birmingham, Michigan, Gregory J. Ossi , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP, Washington, D.C., Kathleen Keller , BREDHOFF & KAISER, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Ronald L. Mason , Aaron T. Tulencik , MASON LAW FIRM CO., LPA, Dublin, Ohio, Brendan Collins , GKG LAW, P.C., Washington, D.C., Paul A. Green , MOONEY, GREEN, SAINDON, MURPHY & WELCH P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

LARSEN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined, and GRIFFIN, J., joined in all but Part IV. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 434-35), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

Sofco Erectors, Inc. terminated its collective bargaining agreement with a local union. The Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Fund then assessed almost a million dollars in withdrawal liability against Sofco under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Sofco challenged the assessment on several...

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