The lawsuit is interesting to read, which was dated April 8, 2003. Decisions in the case can be found at the Northern District of Illinois web site. Once on the search page, select Judge Conlon from the drop-down menu, enter 1010 in the case no box and perform the search. Four results should appear. In the first phase, the judge threw out one charge in the lawsuit and let the case proceed. The second and third results were the plaintiffs failed attempts to certify the case as a class-action suit. The last ruling on October 17, 2003, is the adverse decision against the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, I believe have appealed this ruling to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. I haven't found any information to date on how the appeal is going. I believe the plaintiffs think they have a better chance on appeal. There is a related case the Seventh Circuit ruled on, which is of interest to this case. It is known as Heinz, which was decided on September 13, 2002. It appears Central States' position is that a pension is not supposed to be supplemental income, while one works another job. This position was probably developed as a result of an eroding net asset base. In addition to the interesting stories in the TDU lawsuit above, an upset retiree has his own public story to tell about Central States.