Legal Opinion
Blank v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 1991No. 90-3167PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, a group a former salaried employees of Bethlehem Steel Corporation (“Bethlehem”), sued Bethlehem and its pension plan when they were denied retirement benefits upon the sale of Bethlehem’s Buffalo Tank Division. They claimed that the denial to them of a contingent benefit, entitled the rule-of-65 benefit, violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1145, which governs this employee benefit plan. On summary judgment, the district court found that the benefits at issue were not accrued within the meaning of ERISA,…
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