Vorpahl Ht Je v. Retirement Plan for Employees of Union Oil Company of California and Participating Companies’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 1266 · 1984
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1133 (§ 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson · Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb Inc. v. Clark Oil & Refining Corp. · In re Vorpahl
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“§ 2530.240-1. Year of Participation for Benefit Accrual ****** (b) Service Which May be Disregarded For Purposes of Benefit Accrual. (1) In calculating an employee’s period of service for purposes of benefit accrual under a defined benefit pension plan, § 204(b)(3) [ 29 U.S.C. § 1054 (b)(3)] of the Act and § 411(b)(3) of the [Internal Revenue] Code permit the following service to be disregarded: service before an employee first becomes a participant in the plan; ____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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