Legal Opinion
Crowell v. Shell Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 07-20270PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Former employees of Pennzoil, David Crowell and Paul Siegel, were terminated when the company changed control. Under Letters of Agreement referring to their retirement and savings plan, they received a cash payment when the company merged with Shell. They filed separate suits, urging that Defendants underpaid them and that state law applied. The district courts found that the agreement was governed by ERISA and consolidated the cases, granting summary judgment to Defendants. Plaintiffs appealed.
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David Crowell, formerly Pennzoil’s Director of Internal…
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