Legal Opinion
Richard J. Rybarczyk, Minoru Mizuba, and William Rittenhouse v. Trw, Inc. And Trw Salaried Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2000No. 97-4167PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid A. Nelson, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
WELLFORD, J., (p. 987), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Here we have an appeal by a manufacturing company and its pension plan from a summary judgment in favor of a class of employees who took early retirement from the company. The plaintiff class-members claimed that the lump sum pension benefits distributed to them at retirement were too low in amount.
The district court concluded that the employer (TRW, Inc.) was collaterally es-topped to make its lump sum benefit calculations under a methodology less favorable to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Katsaros v. CodyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Donovan v. MazzolaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Michael A. Costantino, on Behalf of the Class of v. Trw, Inc. Jake Schoepler, Secretary, Board of Administrators Trw Salaried Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by63 opinions
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