Legal Opinion

Adams v. Sun Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 12, 2002No. 01-3762Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

The appellants (hereafter “Employees”), over 200 former employees of Whitaker Coal Corporation (‘Whitaker”), a mining corporation owned by Sunoco, Inc. (“Sunoco”), brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., asserting that Defendants violated their fiduciary duties by representing the lump sum payment option selected by these employees in late 1995 to be a “onetime” offer and then extending a second offer to other employees the following year. After determining that Whitaker was…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
Varity Corp. v. HoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
Amie Marie Beers-Capitol Aliya Tate v. Barry Whetzel, an Individual Shirley Robinson, in Her Official Capacity Robert Liggett, in His Individual and Official Capacity Youth Development Center at New Castle Nora Burley, in Her Individual and Official Capacity Nick Pihiou, in His Individual and Official Capacity John Doe, in His/her Individual and Official Capacity Charles Lee Earnhart, in His Individual and Official Capacity Joseph Flecher, in His Individual and Official Capacity (d.c. Civil No. 97-Cv-00292). Aliya Tate v. Barry Whetzel, in His Individual Capacity Shirley Robinson, in Her Individual and Official Capacity Robert Liggett, in His Individual and Official Capacity Youth Development Center at New Castle John Doe, in His/her Individual and Official Capacity, Nora Burley, in Her Individual and Official Capacity Nick Pihiou, in His Individual and Official Capacity (d.c. Civil No. 97-Cv-00313)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefit "Erisa" Litigation, Unisys CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
Walling v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997

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