Legal Opinion
Amara v. Cigna Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 15, 2008No. 3:01CV2361 (MRK)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge.
Since the mid-1980s, hundreds of U.S. employers have converted their traditional defined benefit pension plans into what are known as “cash balance” retirement plans. In fact, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, over 1,500 cash balance plans and other similar hybrid plans were in existence as of 2003, providing pension benefits to over 8 million participants, approximately one-quarter of the total employee population covered by defined benefit plans. See Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Pension Insurance Data Book 2004,…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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- United States Parole Commission v. GeraghtySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by31 opinions
- CIGNA Corp. v. AmaraSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Amara v. CIGNA Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Hirt v. Equitable Retirement Plan for Employees, Managers & AgentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Kifafi v. Hilton Hotels Retirement PlanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Cigna v. Exec. Risk Indemnity and Nutmeg Ins.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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