Legal Opinion
John Cottillion v. United Refining Co
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 18, 2015No. 13-4633, 13-4743PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), a law meant to guarantee that employees mil receive the retirement benefits they are promised, governs pension plans. We determine whether the calculation of retirement benefits that the United Refining Company and co-defendants (who appeal and are collectively referred to throughout this opinion as “United”) provided in a pension plan to a specific class of former employees (collectively, “Employees”) varied, as United argues, depending on how old they were when they elected to receive the benefits.…
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