Legal Opinion
Morse v. Stanley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 23, 1984No. Nos. 618-620, Dockets 83-7615, 83-7716 and 83-7823PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
The trustees of a company’s profit sharing plan voted to deny three departing employees’ requests for accelerated payment of their vested benefits under the Plan upon their departure to work for a competitor. Each brought suit and for some inexplicable reason and despite the fact that two of the employees had the same counsel,- each case was tried separately before a different district court judge. Two of the trial courts sustained the Trustees’ denial of accelerated benefits, and the third found that decision of the Trustees to be arbitrary and capricious. Because…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Lillian Yanks Rehmar v. Bernard L. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Ruetta Paris, Mildred Cawthon and Marge Kane v. Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Howard B. Wolf, Inc. And Eugene K. FriesenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Donovan v. BierwirthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- John Kosty v. John L. Lewis, Trustees, United Mine Workers of America Welfare Andretirement Fund of 1950Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by101 opinions
- John E. Johnson and H/w Ann Marie Johnson v. The Celotex Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- De Nobel v. Vitro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Edward Tocker v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Also Known as Altria Group, Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and General Foods Corp., No. 04-5904-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Jack D. Denton v. First National Bank of Waco, TexasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Jim L. Woolsey v. Marion Laboratories, Inc. Marion Laboratories, Inc., Profit Sharing PlanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
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