Opinion ID: 792485
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Heading: Liability for Contributions to the Funds

Text: 29 This Court reviews a district court's decision to grant summary judgment de novo. See Dugan v. Smerwick Sewerage Co., 142 F.3d 398 (7th Cir.1998). Summary judgment is appropriate where no genuine issue of material fact exists and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Id. In reviewing summary judgment motions, this Court construes the record in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. Id. 30 Contributions to the Funds were required for all employees of Home/WSL. Principal owners, however, were exempt from the contribution requirements. In its Moriarty II opinion, this Court instructed the district court to determine what percentage of ownership is necessary before Svec is considered a principal owner under the CBA. Svec claims that ten percent ownership is sufficient, but Moriarty has an opportunity on remand to show that this figure is incorrect. Moriarty v. Svec II, 233 F.3d 955, 963 (7th Cir.2000). 31 The remand order specifically gave Moriarty, but not Svec, leave to show that the ten percent figure was incorrect. The district court adopted ten percent as the standard for substantial/significant ownership, as Svec had requested at every stage of these proceedings. Svec may not now reverse course and adopt a position contrary to his posture throughout the course of litigation. The district court properly declined to consider this new argument by Svec given the clear directive of Moriarty II. 3 Because Svec was an employee, not a principal owner, during the period in dispute, we affirm the district court's holding awarding $1,351.00 in delinquent contributions to the Health and Welfare Fund for the period January 1, 1987 to June 29, 1987, and $1,038.00 in delinquent contributions owed to the Pension Fund for the period January 1, 1987 to June 29, 1987.