Legal Opinion
Kenneth J. Cowan v. Keystone Employee Profit Sharing Fund
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 1978No. 78-1212PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of Cowan’s suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Cowan, whose employment with Keystone ended in November 1974, seeks to establish an interest in Keystone’s Profit-Sharing Catch-Up Plan (the Catch-Up Plan), an employee pension benefit plan established in accordance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1381, and qualified under I.R.C. § 401.
Cowan’s asserted interest in the CatchUp Plan is based on the following allegations: Cowan, who…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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