Legal Opinion
Pens. Plan Guide P 23884y Jan C. Harms, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Crossappellants v. Cavenham Forest Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1993No. 92-3321PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this case presenting claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (1985), defendants appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff employees’ entitlement to certain severance and pension benefits. The employees cross-appeal, asserting as error the summary judgment against them on their claims to severance benefits as to one of the named defendants and the dismissal of their state law claims as preempted by ERISA, and seeking an award of their costs and attorney’s fees…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Iron Workers Local 272 v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Berger v. Edgewater Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Todd v. AIG Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Wegner v. Standard InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Daniel A. Spacek v. The Maritime Association, I L a Pension Plan, and Trustees of the Agreement of TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Izzarelli v. Rexene Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Harry BELLAS, v. CBS, INC.; Westinghouse Pension Plan, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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