Legal Opinion

In Re Nortel Networks, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 4, 2016No. 15-3363UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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2Per curiam

Pro se appellant Ernest Demel appeals the District Court’s order affirming an adverse order issued by the Bankruptcy Court. For the reasons detailed below, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment.

In 2007, Demel, a former employee of a subsidiary of Nortel Networks, Inc. (NNI), filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. See S.D.N.Y. Civ. A. No. 07-cv-0189. Demel sought to recover disability benefits from the subsidiary’s benefit and retirement plans.

In 2009, NNI and certain of its U.S.based subsidiaries (collectively, “NNI”) filed…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mary Burton v. Teleflex IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
  2. Jermont Cox v. Martin HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
  3. Andrea Sawka v. Healtheast, Inc. And Richard DuncanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  4. Coltec Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation Four Leaf Coal Company, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation L.G. Wasson Coal Mining Corp., an Indiana Corporation v. William P. Hobgood Michael H. Holland Marty Hudson Thomas O.S. Rand Elliot A. Segal Carlton R. Sickles Gail R. Wilensky, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Fund United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Trust United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. Coltec Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation Four Leaf Coal Company, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation L.G. Wasson Coal Mining Corp., an Indiana Corporation v. William P. Hobgood Michael H. Holland Marty Hudson Thomas O.S. Rand Elliot A. Segal Carlton R. Sickles Gail R. Wilensky, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Find United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund United States of America, Intervenor in D.C., Coltec Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  5. United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

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