Kraft Foods Global, Inc. et al v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union UFCW CLC et al

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Kraft Foods Global, Inc. et al v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union UFCW CLC et al

Plaintiff:	Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Retiree Medical Plan and Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Defendant:	Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union UFCW CLC and United Cereal, Bakery and Foodworkers Local 374 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO
Case Number:	1:2011cv06498
Filed:	September 16, 2011
Court:	US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Office:	Chicago Office
County:	Cook
Presiding Judge:	Blanche M. Manning
Nature of Suit:	Labor/Management Relations
Cause of Action:	29 U.S.C. § 185
Jury Demanded By:	None

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March 30, 2012	Filing 24 The court has considered the submissions of the Retirees, who filed amicus curiae filings after being granted leave to do so, as well as plaintiffs Kraft Foods Global and Kraft Foods Global Retiree Medical Plan. It finds that the plaintiffs have sta nding to proceed with the instant declaratory judgment action, Kraft's 2011 changes to medical coverages for retirees provided by the Plan did not violate any of the applicable CBAs, and the CBAs did not give the Retirees a vested right to a lif etime of unchangeable medical benefits. A declaratory judgment to this effect is hereby entered. Thus, the motion for default judgment filed by Kraft and the Plan 14 is granted. The clerk is directed to enter a Rule 58 judgment and terminate this case from the court's docket. Civil case terminated. WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Blanche M. Manning on 3/30/2012: Mailed notice(rth, )

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March 30, 2012

Filing 24 The court has considered the submissions of the Retirees, who filed amicus curiae filings after being granted leave to do so, as well as plaintiffs Kraft Foods Global and Kraft Foods Global Retiree Medical Plan. It finds that the plaintiffs have sta nding to proceed with the instant declaratory judgment action, Kraft's 2011 changes to medical coverages for retirees provided by the Plan did not violate any of the applicable CBAs, and the CBAs did not give the Retirees a vested right to a lif etime of unchangeable medical benefits. A declaratory judgment to this effect is hereby entered. Thus, the motion for default judgment filed by Kraft and the Plan 14 is granted. The clerk is directed to enter a Rule 58 judgment and terminate this case from the court's docket. Civil case terminated. WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Blanche M. Manning on 3/30/2012: Mailed notice(rth, )

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Plaintiff: Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Retiree Medical Plan
Represented By:	James Edward Griffith
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Plaintiff: Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
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