OPERATING ENGINEERS' LOCAL 324 v. RIETH-RILEY

No. 21-1229.

43 F.4th 617 (2022)

OPERATING ENGINEERS' LOCAL 324 FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDS; Trustees of the Operating Engineers' Local 324 Fringe Benefit Funds, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel G. LeVan , FINKEL WHITEFIELD SELIK, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Philip Gutwein, II , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Daniel G. LeVan , Nancy H. Pearce , FINKEL WHITEFIELD SELIK, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Philip Gutwein, II , Emily A. Kile-Maxwell , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY, DONALD, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

When an employer refuses to pay into its employees' benefit funds, two federal statutes step in and offer relief. The first statute, ERISA, requires employers to contribute to employee benefit funds in line with the terms of a contract. When an employer breaches those terms, ERISA offers the jilted fund...

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