Legal Opinion
Benjamin Nevill E.H. Bruist J.W. Books T.D. Imgrund J.A. Pryor G.M. Webster v. Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1987No. 86-5776PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, six former employees of ap-pellee Shell Oil Company (“Shell”), filed an action against Shell alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and raising several state law claims based on Shell’s having denied them severance benefits after a corporate move. The district court held that ERISA applied, that ERISA preempted the state law claims, and that, under ERISA, the denial of severance benefits to appellants was not arbitrary and capricious. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In January 1979, Shell’s Western Exploration and Production…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Pane v. RCA Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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- Dale A. Crull and Theresa M. Crull, Husband and Wife v. Gem Insurance Company, a Utah CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Olson v. General Dynamics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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