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STANTON v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 85-1637.

792 F.2d 432 (1986)

Hawkins STANTON, Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION and its Benefits Committee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Cooper, Fayetteville, N.C., for appellant.

Richard J. Remley and T. Alan Pittman, for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and LUTHER M. SWYGERT, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case involves the question whether Hawkins Stanton was a "participant" in a Gulf Oil Corporation employee benefit plan, as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Stanton argues that he was a participant and that Gulf Oil violated its fiduciary duty to him through misrepresentations and breach of an implied promise. The district court held that Stanton...

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