United States Seventh Circuit

The district court erred in certifying a class of plaintiffs under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2), who allege that their employer constructively discharged them in order to deprive them of benefits to which ERISA entitled them.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2005
• Published 03/08/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard C. Godfrey, P.C., Sallie G. Smylie, Andrew B. Bloomer, Donna M. Welch (submitted), and Jane S. Park, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence Walner, Walner & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.