Legal Opinion
Nachwalter v. Christie
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 1986No. Nos. 85-5615, 85-6001PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
The issue before this court is whether the trustees of pension and profit sharing plans governed by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., may be estopped from enforcing the written terms of the plans by oral representations they allegedly made to a beneficiary. We affirm the district court 611 F.Supp. 655 and hold that the written terms of the plans cannot be modified by oral agreements. In addition, we hold that appellees are not entitled to fees on appeal.
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This declaratory judgment action was brought by the trustees of two…
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