Accardi v. Control Data Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
836 F.2d 126 · 1987
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
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Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1104 (§ 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Jung v. Fmc Corporation · Gilbert v. Burlington Industries, Inc. · Sly v. Pr Mallory & Company Inc · Holland v. Burlington Industries, Inc. · Schwartz v. Newsweek, Inc.
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“A. “Eligible Employees” means all persons who, on the date of the execution hereof, are regular employees of SBC covered under the IBM Employee Benefit Plans ... and who thereafter remain regular employees of SBC but, for purposes hereof, treating employment subsequent to the date hereof by CDC or by any other employer which is an Other Subsidiary of CDC as though it were employment by SBC (Benefits Agreement at Section 1). B. “Other Subsidiary of CDC” means each corporation owned in whole or in part by CDC the employees of which, at the time, are eligible to participate in the CDC Retirement Plan (Benefits Agreement at Section 1). C. The rights and obligations hereunder of IBM, SBC and CDC shall pass to their respective successors by merger, consolidation or by way of acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of the party in question (Benefits Agreement at Section 9).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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