Legal Opinion
Graden v. Conexant Systems Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 31, 2007No. 06-2337PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
We decide whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, gives an ostensibly cashed-out former employee the right to sue the administrator of his former employer’s 401 (k) plan for allegedly mismanaging plan assets and thus reducing his share of benefits. Because ERISA includes such a plaintiff in its definition of “participant,” he has statutory standing to assert his claim.
I. Facts and Procedural History
Howard Graden was a Conexant employee until September 2002 and a participant in the Conexant…
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