Legal Opinion
Oster v. Barco of California Employees' Retirement Plan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 11, 1988No. 86-5696PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Sam Oster, a former employee of Barco of California (Barco), brought this action against Barco, the Barco Employees’ Retirement Plan (the Plan), and the Barco Plan’s Managing Committee (the Committee), alleging that the Committee’s denial of his request for payment of his retirement benefits in a lump sum was arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable. The district court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Committee was exercising its discretion as provided for in the Plan, that the decision not to pay retirement benefits in…
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