Cecil McLENDON, Don Vandertulip, Jimmie Cartharn, Jr. and Konrad Trojniar, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
The CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC., a New York Corporation Incorporated in 1913; Continental Can Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Continental Packaging Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; the Continental Group, Inc., a New York Corporation Incorporated in 1982; and KMI Continental Inc., a New York Corporation, Defendants.
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May 10, 1989.
As Amended June 7, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Plotkin & Jacobs, Ltd., Robert Plotkin, John G. Jacobs, Jonah Orlofsky, Rose A. Wehner, Chicago, Ill., Daniel P. McIntyre, Falmouth, Me.; Hoffman & Lazear, H. Tim Hoffman, Oakland, Cal., and Robert D. Allison, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Edwin C. Thomas, III, Dennis P.W. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants Continental Can Group, Inc., Continental Can Co., Inc., Continental Packaging Co., Inc., The Continental Group, Inc. and KMI Continental, Inc.
Buchanan Ingersoll, Samuel W. Braver, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants Continental Can Group, Inc., Continental Can Co., Inc., Continental Packaging Company, Inc., The Continental Group, Inc. and KMI Continental, Inc.
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Douglas S. Eakeley, Morristown, N.J., for defendants Continental Can Group, Inc., Continental Can Co., Inc., Continental Packaging Company, Inc. The Continental Group, Inc., KMI Continental, Inc.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.
AMENDED OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (1982). Section 510 provides, in pertinent part:
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of an employee benefit...
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