John H. Johnson v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1994-03-23

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EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation (GNN) decided to resist a takeover bid by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Among the steps GNN took to make itself less attractive was an alteration in its pension plan. At the end of 1989 the plan’s assets exceeded the value of all promised benefits (including those that had not vested) by some $80 million. Because em…

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