Legal Opinion
Joseph E. Dister v. The Continental Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 3, 1988No. 876, Docket 87-7995PublishedCited by 753 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Joseph E. Dister appeals from an October 30,1987 judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Eginton, J.) granting the motion of the defendant The Continental Group, Inc. (Continental) for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. The district court held that Dister had failed to raise a genuine issue of fact as to whether Continental, by terminating him four months and seven days before he qualified for enhanced pension benefits, violated § 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88…
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