39 F. Supp. 2d 1350 - Burns v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1108 (§ 408 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Varity Corporation v. Howe · Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen
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“It is clear that the Financed Shares in the Suspense Account in the instant case were contingent, see BEST Plan § 4.5(a) (requiring allocation of all shares in Suspense Account to accounts of all Plan participants only upon a Change in Control, as defined therein), and thus that these benefits were neither accrued, see 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (23)(B) (defining term “accrued benefit” as “in the case of a plan which is an individual account plan, the balance of the individual’s account.”), nor vested, see BEST Plan § 4.5(b)(4) (stating that all account balances of all participants would be fully vested as of the date of a Change in Control), at the time the Defendants prevented the triggering of § 4.5 of the Plan. Thus it is clear that the above stated principle applies, precluding Plaintiffs claims herein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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