Legal Opinion
Troy D. Barnett v. Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation, Robert H. Broughton v. Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1990No. 89-2146PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from summary judgment for the defendants in a consolidated action seeking damages for claimed violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1982) (ERISA) and pendent state law claims.
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In 1984, Tenneco, Inc. sold the assets of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petro-Tex Chemical Corp., to an unrelated entity, Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. Some Petro-Tex employees accepted immediate employment with Texas Petrochemicals while others exercised an available option and took early retirement around the time of the sale. Members…
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