Legal Opinion
Counts v. Kissack Water & Oil Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1993No. 92-8036PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Dennis and Delores Counts appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendantsappellees Kissaek Water and Oil Service, Inc., Profit Sharing Plan (Plan) and Kissack Water and Oil Service, Inc., Plan Administrator (Administrator), upholding the Administrator’s refusal to pay Dennis Counts’ retirement benefits in a lump sum payment. Because we find that the Plan was improperly amended to eliminate an optional form of benefit, the Administrator’s decision was básed on a mistake of law, and we must reverse.
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Counts v. Kissack Water And Oil Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Steiner Corp. Retirement Plan v. Johnson & Higgins of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Steiner Corporation Retirement Plan, and Steiner Corp., a Nevada Corporation, and Carol S. McCormick Administrator of the Steiner Corporation Retirement Plan, Counter-Defendants v. Johnson & Higgins of California, a California Corporation, Donald F. Reeves, and Roy J. Bertoldo, Counterclaim Steiner Corp., a Nevada Corporation, Carol S. McCormick Administrator of the Steiner Corporation Retirement Plan, and Steiner Corporation Retirement Plan, Counter-Defendants v. Johnson & Higgins of California, a California Corporation, Donald F. Reeves, and Roy J. Bertoldo, Counter-ClaimantsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994