INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF MACH. ET AL. v. MASONITE

No. 96-60571.

122 F.3d 228 (1997)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, Woodworkers Division, AFL-CIO; Woodworkers Local Lodge W443, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO; W.R. Riser, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Lester McCullum, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Lewis H. Tiner, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Emmett M. Napier, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; J.C. Waldrup, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Earnest Weems, Jr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Robert J. Myers, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; King G. McMillan, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Albert James Parker, Sr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; James W. Jones, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Robert J. Polson, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Milford L. Graham, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; J.W. Lewis, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; E.U. Sims, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MASONITE CORPORATION, a division of International Paper Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison R. Steiner, Adelman & Steiner, Hattiesburg, MS, James E. Youngdahl, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jerrald L. Shivers, M. Curtiss McKee, Danile, Coker, Horton and Bell, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before GARWOOD, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, certain retired employees of Masonite Corporation ("Masonite") challenge the district court's determination that the collective bargaining agreements ("CBAs") in effect at the time they retired did not confer vested lifetime health insurance benefits. The district court concluded that the retired employees' entitlement to health insurance benefits expired when the CBAs under which they retired did.

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