7 F. Supp. 2d 694 - Donald v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor · Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · Warner v. Ford Motor Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“straight state age discrimination case which has no counterpart or superseding cause of action in ERISA. It is an action to set aside and escape from the early retirement agreement, not to recover under it or to “enforce” it or to assert “rights to future benefits under the terms of the plan.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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