United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, which included plaintiff's former employer, a severance plan, and the plan administrator, on a claim for wrongful denial of severance benefits under ERISA is affirmed over claims that: 1) defendants were precluded from denying his claim for benefits because they engaged in "inequitable conduct"; and 2) the administrator abused its discretion by applying an incorrect legal standard to his claim for benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2006
• Published 12/22/2006

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Goodman, Jr. (argued), Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karl G. Nelson (argued), Sarah Viola Toraason, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.