23913b Fagan’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
March 2006
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Newland v. Georgia · Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. United States · De Nobel
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“It must be remembered that this appeal concerns only welfare benefits and that such benefits are explicitly exempted from vesting obligations imposed by ERISA on pension benefits. 29 U.S.C. § 1051 (1). This court recognized and emphasized this distinction between vested pension benefits and unfunded contingent welfare benefits in Sutton v. Weirton Steel Div. of Nat’l Steel Corp., 724 F.2d 406 , 410 (4th Cir.1983) .... Referring to the latter type benefits, the court stated that changes in such benefits by amending the plan “are not to be reviewed by fiduciary standards.” ... Thus, we do not apply strict fiduciary standards in determining the validity of the present forfeiture provisions .... Rather, we must determine whether the provisions comply with ERISA requirements and further the basic purpose of the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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