Legal Opinion

Skinner v. Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 16, 2012No. 10-55161PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Charles Skinner and Gregory Stratton appeal summary judgment rejecting their claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

I. Facts and procedural history

Appellants were employees of Litton Industries, Inc., and participated in its retirement plan, which was called Litton Industries, Inc., Retirement Plan B (“Litton Plan B”). Following corporate mergers and plan modifications, Appellants sued the successor corporation, Northrop Grumman, and Northrop Grumman…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. CIGNA Corp. v. AmaraSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  2. Neil Bergt v. The Retirement Plan for Pilots Employed by Markair, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  3. Eijinio Banuelos v. Construction Laborers' Trust Funds for Southern CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  4. American President Lines, Ltd., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. United States, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
  5. The Continental Insurance Company of New York, New York, a Corporation v. Richard B. CottenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970

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