Legal Opinion
Holland v. Burlington Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1985No. 84-2241PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Former employees of Burlington Industries, Inc. Socks and Hosiery Divisions brought suit seeking to recover severance pay allegedly due upon Burlington’s sale of the divisions to Kayser-Roth Corporation. The court below granted summary judgment for defendant after finding that the severance pay policy at issue was subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., that ERISA preempted state law, and that Burlington’s decision to deny severance pay was neither arbitrary or capricious. Finding no error in these holdings, we…
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