ACTON v. TOSCO CORP.

No. 86-1763.

815 F.2d 1161 (1986)

Freda ACTON, Robert D. Agerton, Donnie Alphin, Michael V. Arnold, Gerald R. Bailey, Glenn Bassett, Gary W. Boothe, Kent Brantley, Troy Braswell, Raymond L. Brown, Robert C. Brown, Celeste Brumley, Larry Brumley, John Butterfield, Albert B. Caldwell, Jr., Nathan V. Ciaramitaro, Gary Cobb, Donny R. Cole, Jr., Rodney Cook, C. Larry Cornelius, Steven M. Cousins, Tommy Cox, Paul J. Creel, Tommie M. Crossland, Howard Cupp, Bill W. Davis, Jimmy C. Dennis, Ken H. Dillard, Davis Dixon, Sadie G. Endel, Norman D. Fast, A.D. Faulkner, Paul W. Fisher, Joe Flournoy, Paul D. Frazier, Bret Garrett, Donna Gordon, Charles N. Gray, Raymond E. Hale, Jr., Howard A. Halligan, William R. Hammock, Charles R. Hammons, Gary Hammons, Earl Handley, L.G. Hickman, Gary C. Hill, Johnny E. Howard, Reva J. (Gayle) Hudson, Harry R. Hudson, Jr., Clyde Hunt, Wendell Hunter, Nancy Jane Ingram, Woodrow Ison, Jr., James D. Jackson, Billy Bob James, James N. Jones, Bobby G. Kelley, Jack Kingrey, Jr., Mark R. Koenig, James E. Leverette, Sr., Mary H. Looney, David L. Lout, Patricia Ann Lowery, Clint Lundsford, Kenneth Machen, Ronald R. Matthews, Otis McCroskey, Robert O. McDonald, Fernie R. McGaugh, Richard E. Meeks, Benjamin F. Merritt, Charlotte M. Millican, Paul R. Mitchell, James W. Moseley, Sr., Virginia Mulligan, David L. Murphy, Judy H. Owens, Charles H. Peace, Charles H. Perdue, Logan L. Perdue, Marcella L. Perdue, Warner W. Prather, Milton A. Pyron, Jimmy Reed, Jr., Marvin L. Robinson, Mildred B. Rogers, J.K. Rudder, Jr., J.T. Sachde, Bobby R. Smith, Lydia A. Smith, Frank M. Smith, Jr., Joan M. Stocks, Vickie Marie Sweet, Charlotte Ann Taunton, Thomas N. Tucker, Arthur S. Turbeville, Bobby Joe Turbeville, Loyd W. Waldo, James D. Ware, John H. Warren, Jr., Michael Whitehead, Donnie Ray Williams, John D. Wilson, David Wood and Carolyn J. Yaney, Appellants, v. TOSCO CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian W. Vickery, El Dorado, Ark., for appellants.

Bruce R. Lindsey, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ROSS, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Freda Acton appeals from a final decision of the district court1 granting Tosco Corporation's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Acton brought this action against Tosco Corporation on behalf of herself and other former employees of Tosco, under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. Appellants alleged that Tosco's failure to pay them severance...

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