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112931P.pdf   08/07/2012  Maytag Corporation  v.  International Union, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2931
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - ERISA. An actual Article III case or controversy existed at
   the time Whirlpool filed its action in July, 2008 as Whirlpool reasonably
   believed, given the history of the matter and its obligations as an ERISA
   fiduciary, that the contractual dispute with the union was real, substantial,
   existing and ripe for immediate judicial resolution; district court did not
   err in finding the retirees did not have a vested right to health benefits as
   the ERISA plan documents contained no vesting language and stated that
   the benefits were subject to change and could be terminated.