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CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST & SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND; HOWARD MCDOUGALL,
Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,
v.
GENERAL MATERIALS, INCORPORATED, dba Wholesale Materials Company,
Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


Nos. 07-1392/1473

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 04-73593—John Corbett O’Meara, District Judge.
Argued: April 23, 2008
Decided and Filed: July 30, 2008
Before: DAUGHTREY, COOK, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

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OPINION
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COOK, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Central States Pension Fund (the “Fund”) and a representative trustee appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant employer General Materials (“General”) on the Fund’s claim for overdue pension payments. We affirm, holding that General’s duty to contribute to the Fund ended with the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) referenced in the correlating Participation Agreement.