Legal Opinion
Gitelson v. Du Pont
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1966PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant (Du Pont), brought this suit to recover an amount standing to his credit in the defendant’s retirement fund, made up of payments made by Francis I. Du Pont and Company, stockbrokers, to a bank as the trustee of their employees’ retirement fund (the Fund). The Fund was administered under a plan by a three-man board (the Board) on which three Du Pont partners sat. Under article VI of the plan former employees who were discharged for dishonesty lost all rights to the amounts theretofore credited to their account in the Fund.
On this appeal from an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- World Exchange Bank v. Commercial Casualty InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- McNevin v. Solvay Process Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Menke v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Siegel v. First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
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- Boase v. Lee Rubber & Tire Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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