Legal Opinion
Adcock v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 6, 1985No. 3-83-0037PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
This Court must decide whether employees who have not lost a day of pay or any significant deviation in their job responsibilities are entitled to severence pay benefits when their former employer sells the employee’s place of employment to a successor corporation who immediately steps in and continues plant operations without an interruption in production. The case is brought by former nonunion, salaried employees of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company pursuant to federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, asserting claims under the Employment Retirement…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Bruch v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Ronald Adcock, Cross v. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Bruch v. Firestone Tire And Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Bruch v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Coleman v. General Electric Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1986
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