Legal Opinion
Leroy Ellenburg, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee. v. Brockway, Inc. & Spellman Cunningham, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1985No. CA. 84-5935, 84-5932PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARQUEZ, District Judge:
Leroy Ellenburg, appellant and plaintiff below, brought this action against Brock-way, Inc. (Brockway) and Spellman Cunningham (Cunningham), appellees and defendants below, pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (1975). Ellenburg sought to recover early retirement benefits under Brockway’s pension plan on grounds of breach of fiduciary duty, arbitrary and capricious conduct of fiduciaries, equitable estoppel, and on the state law claim of breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealings toward a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by182 opinions
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- John Halpin v. W.W. Grainger, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Daniel v. Eaton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Paul E. Black v. Tic Investment Corp. Stratton Georgoulis, Individually and James H. Slife, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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