No. 19-1334

Signode Industrial Group LLC, et al. v. Harold Stone, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split cnh-industrial collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law contract-termination employee-benefits labor-law lifetime-benefits m-and-g-polymers vested-benefits vested-rights
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with decisions reached by at least two other federal courts of appeals and in spite of this Court's holdings in M & G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 135 S. Ct. 926 (2015) and CNH Industrial N.V. v. Reese, 138 S. Ct. 761 (2018) (per curiam) that collective bargaining agreements must be interpreted according to generally applicable principles of contract law, that a collective bargaining agreement with an 'express statement[] extending benefits beyond the term of agreement' irrefutably confers vested, lifetime benefits, even if the agreement separately reserves for the employer the right to terminate the agreement in its entirety

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with decisions reached by at least two other federal courts of appeals and in spite of this Court’s holdings in M & G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 135 S. Ct. 926 (2015) and CNH Industrial N.V. v. Reese, 138 S. Ct. 761 (2018) (per curiam) that collective bargaining agreements must be interpreted according to generally applicable principles of contract law, that a collective bargaining agreement with an “express statement[] extending benefits beyond the term of agreement” irrefutably confers vested, lifetime benefits, even if the agreement separately reserves for the employer the right to terminate the agreement in its entirety.

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-17
Reply of petitioners Signode Industrial Group LLC and Illinois Tool Works, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2020-07-31
Brief of respondents Harold Stone, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-06-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 31, 2020.
2020-06-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 2, 2020 to July 31, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Harold Stone, et al.
Leon DayanBredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Leon DayanBredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Signode Industrial Group LLC and Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Joseph James TorresJenner & Block LLP, Petitioner
Joseph James TorresJenner & Block LLP, Petitioner