SILVERNAIL v. AMERITECH PENSION PLAN

No. 05-1535.

439 F.3d 355 (2006)

John G. SILVERNAIL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERITECH PENSION PLAN and AMERITECH CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Schempp (argued), Schempp Law Office, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey W. Sarles (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROVNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

John Silvernail worked for Ameritech, then known as the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, for almost 11 years, from February 1967 to January 1978. He was 18 years old when he started and 29 when he left. Based on these years of service, Silvernail, who is now 57, believes the company will owe him a pension when he turns 65.

Silvernail began trying to nail down his entitlement to benefits in 1999. He has lost at every step along...

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