Legal Opinion
Paul Sikora v. UPMC
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 24, 2017No. 17-1288PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION of the COURT
SMITH, Chief Judge.
A so-called “top-hat” plan is “a plan which is unfunded and is "maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.” 29 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(1), 1051(2), 1081(a)(3). These plans heed not comply with many of the substantive provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). When Paul F. Sikora sought to recover pension benefits under ERISA, the District Court held that he was not entitled to obtain such relief because he sought…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Kost v. KozakiewiczCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Catherine Willis v. Childrens Hospital of PittsburCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Pane v. RCA Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- 20 Employee Benefits Cas. 1537, Pens. Plan Guide P 23922o in Re New Valley Corporation, Debtor, Senior Executive Benefit Plan Participants Richard L. Callaghan Alexander J. Chisholm W. Lee Elkins Robert M. Flanagan Robert F. Garbarini Arthur A. Garman Walter Girardin Delmar Harmon J. William Harrington John P. Hunt John A. Hollansworth Gerald P. Kent D.D. Lloyd Russell W. Mc Fall John W.R. Pope, Jr. Herbet Salter, Estate of Steve Smiszko Phillip Schneider Bernard Weitzer v. New Valley Corporation, Senior Executive Benefit Plan Participants and Walter E. Girardin, Alexander J. Chisholm, S.E. Smiszko, John A. Hunt, Arthur Garman, Gerald P. Kent, Delmar Harmon, Robert R. Garbarini, Walter L. Elkins, Walter E. Girardin, Philip Schneider, J. William Harrington, John A. Hollansworth, Bernard Weitzer, John W.R. Pope, Jr., Robert M. Flanagan, Douglas D. Lloyd, H.E. Salter/barbara Orr Salter, Richard L. Callaghan, and Russell W. McFallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- KEVIN v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PROGRAMDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2022
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