Legal Opinion
Christopher v. Mobil Oil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 24, 1992No. 90-4562PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Appellants brought claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), as well as various common-law claims including fraud, civil conspiracy, and breach of the employment contract, against their former employer Mobil Oil Corporation, based on Mobil’s 1984 amendment of its employee benefit plan and alleged failure to disclose to appellants all of the options available under the amended plan. The district court granted Mobil’s motion for summary judgment on the ADEA claims on the grounds that the claims…
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