Shapiro v. Borough of Hightstown

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• observing that section 515 generally “preclud[es] employers from raising a variety of contract defenses as a means of avoiding the obligation to contribute to employee benefit plans”
• recognizing three exceptions to this general rule
• listing defenses, including (1) that the fund contributions themselves are illegal, (2) that the agreement is void ab initio, due to fraud in the execution, and (3) that the employees have voted to decertify the union as their bargaining representative
• employer may not assert fraud in the inducement as a defense

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