Legal Opinion
Jack D. Denton v. First National Bank of Waco, Texas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 22, 1985No. 84-1760PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Prologue
The issue before us in this ERISA case is whether the district court erred in ordering the trustees of a Bank’s retirement plan 1 to make a lump sum payment to a long-term employee who left to work for a competing bank. The district court ordered such a lump sum payment — despite the employee’s failure to pursue his administrative remedies under the Plan — after the employee’s request for a lump sum payment was denied by the committee charged with approving the payment of retirement benefits. The district court ordered this payment, even though the Plan…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Amato v. BernardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Ruetta Paris, Mildred Cawthon and Marge Kane v. Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Howard B. Wolf, Inc. And Eugene K. FriesenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Morse v. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Horace Eugene Bayles v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Donald N. Offutt and Stephen Barfield v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by174 opinions
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Kenneth E. Wildbur, Sr. v. Arco Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Olan Jett v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., Medical Expense PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Berger v. Edgewater Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Robert J. Meza v. General Battery Corporation and Provident Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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