United States Fifth Circuit

ERISA does not authorize an employer's action seeking a declaratory judgment that it was entitled, under the terms of an employee benefit plan, to funds resulting from a settlement between an employee and third-party tortfeasors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2002
• Published 05/21/2002

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas H. Lawrence (argued), John Morris Russell, Lawrence & Russell, Memphis, TN, Glover Alcorn Russell, Jr., Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roy O. Parker (argued), Roy O. Parker & Associates, Tupelo, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.