FIELDING v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

Nos. 86-3660, 86-4034.

815 F.2d 1254 (1987)

Stephen M. FIELDING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; and the International Harvester Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Wellman, Ronald H. Hoevet, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

James H. Clarke, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants.

Before SNEED and HALL, Circuit Judges, and AGUILAR, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellee, Fielding, was discharged by defendant-appellant, International Harvester Co., Inc., and brought suit to obtain benefits entitled "special early retirement" benefits under Harvester's ERISA pension plan. The district court held for Fielding. We reverse.

I.

FACTS

In 1982, International Harvester discharged Fielding as part of a reduction of sales personnel in its Oakland office. He was then...

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