United States Seventh Circuit

Section 510 of ERISA, 29 USC 1140, which makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge "a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of an employee benefit plan," requires the existence of an ERISA plan as a prerequisite.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/21/2001
• Decided 11/07/2001
• Published 11/07/2001

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon Swarsensky Bilow (argued), Highland Park, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall L. Mitchell (argued), Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.