United States Second Circuit

In an ERISA action alleging a breach of fiduciary duty based on changes to an employee benefit plan, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where oral promises cannot vary the terms of a written ERISA plan.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/30/2009
• Published 09/30/2009

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, FEINBERG and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pearl Zuchlewski (Geoffrey A. Mort, Esq., on the brief), Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tracey A. Tiska (Barbara M. Roth, Esq., on the brief), Hogan & Hartson LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.