Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Heppenstall Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 10, 1980No. Nos. 80-1690, 80-1724PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Heppenstall Company (the employer) appeals from a grant of partial summary judgment in favor of sixteen retired Hep-penstall employees (the employees). The employees sought directly from the employer the difference between the pension payments guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and those provided in the pension agreement negotiated between the employer and the United Steel Workers of America (the Agreement). Finding nothing in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., to preempt contract…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Reuben J. Katz, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Carte Blanche CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. Bankers Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. School District of Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
  2. Marita L. Curcio the Estate of Frederick Curcio, III v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Capital Health Systems John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company ("John Hancock"), in No. 93-7545, Marita L. Curcio the Estate of Frederick Curcio, III v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Capital Health Systems Marita L. Curcio, Individually and as of the Estate of Frederick Curcio, Iii, in No. 93-7556Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  3. Francis Van Orman, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of a Class of All Participants, Continuing Former Employees, Pensioners, Beneficiaries and Contingent Survivors, as Such Persons Are Defined in the Revised Retirement Plan of the American Insurance Company, American Automobile Insurance Company and Associated Indemnity Corporation ("Tarp") v. The American Insurance Company, the American Automobile Insurance Company, the Associated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Company, Tarp, and Fireman's Fund American Retirement Plan("farp"), Robert P. J. Cooney and Jack B. McCowan Nellie Taylor, Andrew Marsh, Ulice M. Hoover, Peggy Laing, Richard Shultis and Waldermar Ogren, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Participants and Beneficiaries Similarly Situated v. The American Insurance Company, the American Automobile Insurance Company, the Associated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Company, Robert P. J. Cooney, Jack B. McCowan and Tarp, Francis Van Orman, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Participants and Beneficiaries Similarly Situated, and Ulice M. Hoover, Nellie Taylor, Peggy Laing, Andrew Marsh, Richard Shultis, and Waldemar H. Ogren, on Behalf of Those and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, in No. 81-2784. The American Insurance Company, the American Automobile Insurance Company, Theassociated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company,fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Company, Tarp, and Farp, Robert P. j.cooney and Jack b.mccowan and the American Insurance Company, the American Automobile Insurance Company, the Associated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Company, Robert P. J. Cooney, Jack B. McCowan and Tarp, in No. 81-2785 the American Insurance Company, American Automobile Insurance Company, Associated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, the Revised Retirement Plan of the American Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund American Retirement Plan, Robert P. J. Cooney and Jack B. McCowan and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, American Insurance Company, American Automobile Insurance Company, Associated Indemnity Corporation, the Revised Retirement Plan of the American Insurance Company, Associated Indemnity Corporation, Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Company, Robert P. J. Cooney, and Jack B. McCowan in No. 81-2786Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  4. Whitworth Bros. Storage Company v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  5. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986

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