Legal Opinion
Shawley v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 19, 1993No. 92-3149PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal an order of the district court granting defendant Bethlehem Steel Corporation's motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim under § 510 of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (1992). The district court, 784 F.2d 1200, found that plaintiffs were not “participants” in defendant’s pension plan and, therefore, had no standing to sue under ERISA. We will affirm.
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Plaintiffs were employees in the Bethlehem Steel’s freight-car division during the nineteen-seventies. After working from five to seven years, plaintiffs…
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