Legal Opinion
Albert Van Boxel, Cross-Appellee v. The Journal Company Employees' Pension Trust, Cross
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1988No. 87-1164, 87-1214PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,. 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., challenges the denial by a company’s pension trust of a claim for a pension. The district court granted summary judgment for the trust but denied its request for an award of attorney’s fees. The parties have cross-appealed.
Albert Van Boxel went to work for the Journal Company (the publisher of the Milwaukee Journal) as a printer in 1951. In 1959 the company granted him a leave of absence, without pay, to enable him to take a full-time position as Secretary-Treasurer of the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Max I. Bittner v. Sadoff & Rudoy IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Harry Jung, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Fmc Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by141 opinions
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