Legal Opinion
Reba Hebert v. Sbc Pension Benefit Plan, Non Bargained Program by and Through the Plan Sponsor and Administrator Sbc Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 19, 2004No. 02-3671, 03-1072PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Reba Hebert (Hebert) was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SW Bell), a subsidiary of SBC Communications, Inc. (SBC). Hebert sued the SBC Pension Benefit Plan (SBC Plan), seeking to add three years to her term of employ- 1 ment in calculating her benefits under the SBC Plan based on an amendment of the benefit plan by her prior employer, Pacific Telesis Group (PTG). SBC is the SBC Plan sponsor and administrator. The district court granted summary judgment to Hebert, concluding SBC abused its discretion in interpreting the SBC Plan. The district court also…
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