Legal Opinion
A-T-O, Inc. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1980No. 78-3269PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
On November 30, 1974, almost two months after the enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERI-SA), 1 A-T-O, Inc. terminated the pension plan for its division, the Springfield Metallic Casket Co., Inc. A-T-O commenced this declaratory judgment action in an attempt to avoid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) according to Title IV of ERISA, § 1301 et seq., for the unfunded, vested pension benefits which the PBGC must pay to the Springfield employees. After both parties filed motions for summary judgment, the district…
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