Legal Opinion
Howard Fletcher, William Marshall and Fred Ray v. The Kroger Co., an Ohio Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 1991No. 90-2645PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, a class of employees discharged by The Kroger Company (Kroger), brought a suit alleging that Kroger violated several ERISA provisions by administering selectively its Special Retirement Benefits Plan. The district court granted Kroger’s motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The plaintiffs in this action were employed by Kroger in its Gateway Marketing Area of St. Louis and were participants in the Kroger Retirement Benefit Plan. Under the terms of this plan, Kroger retained…
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