Legal Opinion

Stmicroelectronics Inc. Pension Restoration Plan v. Santoni

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 17, 2008No. Nos. 07-15688, 07-16109Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiffs (collectively referenced as “ST”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Annibale Santoni. We affirm.

ST fails to rebut the presumption that the written plan is integrated. Restatement (2d) of Contracts § 209(3) (1981); Rajotte-Winters v. Whitney Co., 2 F.2d 801 (9th Cir.1924). The written plan appears to be the “complete expression of the whole agreement” between ST and its employees, as the plan terms are clear, internally coherent, and comprehensive. Black v. Richfield Oil Corp., 146 F.2d 801, 804 (9th Cir.1945). While the plan does not…

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