Legal Opinion

Stamper v. Total Petroleum, Inc. Retirement Plan

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1999No. 98-3013PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants (“appellants”), former employees of Total Petroleum (“Total”), sued Total, the pension plan it sponsored (“Plan”), and the Plan’s fiduciaries (collectively “appellees”) under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974 and its amendments (“ERISA”) on the ground that Total unlawfully amended the Plan in a way that reduced the appellants’ “accrued benefits.” The district court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed appellant’s case. We now affirm.

BACKGROUND

The appellants are all former employees of Total at its facility…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Kathy L. Kaul v. Robert T. Stephan, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  3. Roy E. Dooley, Jr. v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Cooke v. Lynn Sand & Stone Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1986
  5. American Stores Co. v. American Stores Co. Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. McDaniel v. Chevron Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  2. Dry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  3. Craven v. University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
  4. Frommert v. ConkrightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
  5. Hirt v. Equitable Retirement Plan for Employees, Managers & AgentsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006

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