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· 9/22/2003

William E. Dugan v. R.J. Corman Railroad Company

Citations

  • 344 F.3d 662
  • 31 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1129
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 19521
  • 2003 WL 22171691

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that we review de novo a district court’s interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement that is clear as written
  • noting that “boilerplate will sometimes be irrelevant to the document in which it has been unthinkingly inserted”
  • noting that “boilerplate will sometimes be irrelevant to the document in which it has been unthinkingly inserted”
  • noting that contribution report language was “weak evidence” of the employer’s obligations under the CBA
  • noting that there is no “I didn’t read it” defense to breach of contract

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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Williams

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