BINS v. EXXON CO. U.S.A.

No. 98-55662.

189 F.3d 929 (1999)

Ernest S. BINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON COMPANY U.S.A., a division of Exxon Corp., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, Groton, Connecticut, for plaintiff-appellant.

James Severson, Heather C. Beatty, Allyson W. Sonenshine, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Los Angeles, California, and David M. Rivet, Exxon Company, U.S.A., Houston, Texas, for defendant-appellee.

Before: D.W. NELSON, FERNANDEZ, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge W. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ernest Bins worked for Exxon, U.S.A. ("EUSA"), a division of Exxon Corporation ("Exxon"), for fifteen years. In the months before he retired, Bins unsuccessfully attempted to confirm rumors that EUSA was considering offering eligible employees a lump-sum retirement incentive under an existing employee benefit plan covered by the Employee...

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