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: Pension Protection Act Blog7th Circuit?s Decision on COLAs in Defined Benefit Case Will Not Be Reviewed by High Court
By Suzanne Wynn

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Rohm & Haas’ petition for writ of certiorari. On theOrder List for March 17th, the Court stated:
“07-906 ROHM AND HAAS PENSION V. WILLIAMS, GARY
The motion of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of
America for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted.
The motion of National Association of Manufacturers for leave to
file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a
writ of certiorari is denied.”
Rohm and Haas Pension was seeking review of a decision by the 7th Circuit granting summary judgment to a participant in the Rohm & Haas defined benefit plan. Now that the Supreme Court has denied cert., the decision by the 7th Circuit stands. A discussion of the 7th Circuit opinion is here.
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Full post as published by Pension Protection Act Blog on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).
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