(November 2, 2016, 12:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 denied a petition for writ of certiorari asking it to review a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming an Illinois federal judge’s determination that a pension fund need not refund contributions made by an employer on behalf of an erroneously classified employee (Bulk Transport Corp. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, et al., No. 16-457, U.S. Sup.)....