Legal Opinion
Hightower v. Texas Hospital Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1995No. 94-40728PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
Employees of Anderson County Memorial Hospital brought suit as class-member plaintiffs against Memorial Hospital Foundation of Palestine, Inc. to recoup approximately $750,000 of surplus funds created by the Foundation’s termination of the Anderson County Memorial Hospital Retirement Plan. The district court granted partial summary judgment for the Employees on the grounds that the Foundation maintained the Plan and, therefore, any termination of the Plan was subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. sections 1001 et seq. The district court…
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