Legal Opinion
In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefits Erisa Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 13, 1993No. MDL 969PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAHN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs allege that Unisys Corporation violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., when it unilaterally modified their retiree medical benefit plans. The court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 29 U.S.C. § 1132(e)(1). Currently before the court is Unisys’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motion in part and deny it in part.
I. BACKGROUND
In September of 1986, Sperry Corporation and Burroughs Corporation merged to form Unisys Corporation.…
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefit "Erisa" Litigation, Unisys CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefit "Erisa" Litigation. Gerald E. Pickering, Fred Tonnies, William Leonhardt, Evelyn Schmidt, Dudley Keyes, David Kahl, Paul Wright, Robert Wilt, Clay Bernichon, Edward Valle, Robert B. Welsh, Solveig Tschann, Bernard J. Jansen, Donald I. Klippenstein, Frederick W. Hoppe, Ludson F. Worsham, Edwin Marjala and Warren Hall, Individually and on Behalf of All Members of the Sperry Class Previously Certified by the Court Whose Claims Have Not Been SettledCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefits ErisaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- In Re: Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefit "Erisa" Litigation Frederick E. Tonnies William M. Leonhardt David S. Kahl Robert E. Wilt Clay A. Bernichon Solveig Tschann Frederick W. Horpe Ludson F. Worsham Edwin Marjala Kenyon T. Bement Donald E. Wagner Lucius O. Browne, Donald F. Fabry Thomas L. Durkin Bernard J. Hart Ronald R. Bennett Herman Hein Donald L. Thompson, Individually and on Behalf of All Members of the Sperry, Burroughs and Unisys Classes (Mdl 969)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefits Erisa LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
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