Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Amoco Oil Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided June 18, 1985No. Civ.A. CV80-L-1416-SPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
LYNNE, Senior District Judge.
This is an action seeking the recovery of specified employee benefits, together with compensatory and punitive damages. It stems from the sale of a liquid propane gas operation by defendant Amoco Oil Company (“Amoco”) to defendant Northern Propane Gas Company (“Norgas”). The plaintiffs have cast their net wide, alleging that the sale violated no less than eight sections of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et. seq. Moreover, in apparent recognition of the fact that such a wide net is bound to…
2Cases cited84 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Phillips v. Amoco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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- Useden v. AckerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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