Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Canteen Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1992No. Nos. 91-1270, 91-1348PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs were employees of a company that amended a pension plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”)2 to reduce significantly the rate of future benefit accrual for certain employees. The company did not provide the employees with advance notice of the change. Because ERISA requires an employer to give notice of such an *1406amendment to all participants in the plan, the district court correctly granted summary judgment in the plaintiffs’ favor. Because ERISA does not obligate the district court to award attorney fees to prevailing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Max I. Bittner v. Sadoff & Rudoy IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local No. 710 Pension Fund v. JanowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aldridge v. Lily-Tulip, Inc. Salary Retirement Plan Benefits CommitteeDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1990
3Cited by17 opinions
- Emma Anderson v. Flexel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Romero v. Allstate Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Joan Eddy, of the Estate of James Peter Eddy v. Colonial Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Hirt v. Equitable Retirement Plan for Employees, Managers & AgentsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Scott v. Administrative Committee of the Allstate Agents Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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