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202365P.pdf   08/05/2021  John Nesse  v.  Green Nature-Cycle, LLC
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2365
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Grasz, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - ERISA and Labor Management Relations Act. The Collective 
   Bargaining Agreement at issue in the case unambiguously required Green 
   Nature to make fringe benefit contributions on behalf of non-union 
   employees; direct payment of fringe benefits to the non-union employees as 
   a result of a state audit did not relieve Green Nature of its obligation 
   to pay the benefits to the union welfare funds; the state audit did not 
   collaterally estop the welfare fund from seeking the delinquent 
   contributions; the district court did not err in awarding the trustees 
   attorneys' fees or in declining to reduce the amount sought.