Rhee v. Witco Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
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Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Porzig v. Nolden · Johnson v. Transportation Agency · Doe ex rel. Doe v. St. Joseph's Hospital of Fort Wayne · Kuntz v. Reese
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“Fixed, accrued, settled, absolute. Having the character or given the rights of absolute ownership; not contingent____ To be “vested,” a right must be more than a mere expectation based on an anticipation of the continuance of an existing law____ Said of pension plan benefits that are not contingent on the employee continuing to work for the employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“are clearly not employees ... who have a reasonable expectation of returning to covered employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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