United States Fifth Circuit
Halliburton Co. Benefits Comm. v. Graves, 06-20632
In a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) involving the retiree program of a company that merged into a wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton, a district court's conclusions, that the merger agreement modified the retiree program and that Halliburton had to maintain the program for eligible participants and could amend or terminate the program only if it made the same changes to programs for its similarly situated active employees, is affirmed.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/30/2006
- Published 08/31/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM:, Before KING, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Byron Daryl Bristow, Maria Wyckoff Boyce, Amy Douthitt Maddux, Michael B. Bennett, James R. Raborn, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Russell Stanley Post, David J. Beck, Keith A. Jones, David Michael Gunn, Eric J.R. Nichols, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.