BUTLER v. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA, INC.

Nos. 94-1271, 94-1418.

41 F.3d 285 (1994)

Nicolette Anne BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA, INC., a New York Corporation, and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Defendants-Appellees, and Anthony J. Cotini, Defendant-Appellant. Nicolette Anne BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA, INC., a New York Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Casey, Chicago, IL (argued), for Nicolette Anne Butler.

Marcia E. Goodman (argued), Joan E. Brophy, Joyce L. Meyer, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Inc.

Shelley R. Smith, Ronald N. Lorenzini, Jr., Kemp, Grzelakowski & Lorenzini, Oak Brook, IL, for Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U.S.

George N. Vurdelja, Jr. (argued), Griswold L. Ware, Vurdelja & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Anthony J. Cotini.

Before COFFEY and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and FOREMAN, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 20, 1994.*

FOREMAN, District Judge.

This action was brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, to determine the proper distribution of pension and savings plan benefits accumulated by an employee of the Encyclopedia Brittanica company who is now deceased. The district court's decision awarding all of these benefits...

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