Legal Opinion
William J. Kross v. Western Electric Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1983No. 82-1391PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff William Kross brought this class action against his former employer, Western Electric, alleging that he and the class1 he seeks to represent were “discharged” 2 in violation of § 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act [“ERISA”], 29 U.S.C. § 1140. The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant Western Electric on the grounds that: (1) the plaintiff, by alleging that Western Electric discharged him to avoid continuing to make payment for his company-provided life and medical insurance,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Republic Steel Corp. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by217 opinions
- Charles DALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Arthur Fallick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Nechis v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Robert Douglas Conkwright v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Dorothy T. Makar Anthony L. Makar, Her Husband v. Health Care Corporation of the Mid-Atlantic (Carefirst) Provident Life & Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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