Legal Opinion
Thorkelson v. Publishing House of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided January 27, 2011No. Civil No. 10-1712PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL J. DAVIS, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
In this action, Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of persons that were participants or beneficiaries of a defined benefit pension plan from January 1, 2000 to the present. The plan referred to is the “Retirement Plan for Employees of Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Publishing House of the ELCA” (hereinafter “the Plan”). The Plan was established in 1939 for the benefit of Plaintiffs and other AFP employees and retirees. (Comp. ¶ 59.) The Plan was terminated in 2010, however, and at that time, there were approximately 500…
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