Legal Opinion
Peterson v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 4, 2005No. 04-2213PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*68OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
We are asked here to review Appellee American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT & T’s, decision to use its retirement plan in an effort to reduce the size of its workforce. The Appellants, a retired group of middle managers for AT & T, claim that AT & T breached its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The District Court granted summary judgement in favor of AT & T. We now affirm.
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A. Special Update and the change in pension plans
In 1997, AT & T made the decision to change the…
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