United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment for Halliburton on a United Kingdom citizen's breach of contract claim is vacated where the district court erred in holding that a plan existed for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and thus, plaintiff's claim is not preempted by ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2006
• Published 08/25/2006

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William David George (argued), Connelly, Baker, Maston, Wotring & Jackson, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• W. Carl Jordan (argued), Tara Porterfield, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.