United States Seventh Circuit

Under Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, 29 USC 1381-1461, a pension plan's request that employer pay interim payments for withdrawal liability one month before primary employer withdrew from the plan had substantial justification to avoid attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2001
• Decided 12/03/2001
• Published 12/03/2001

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Franczyk, Jr., Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark A. Spognardi, McBride, Baker & Coles, Chicago, IL, Hervey H. Aitken, Jr. (argued), Taylor, Thiemann & Aitken, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant-Appellee.