United States Seventh Circuit
Cooper v. IBM Personal Pension Plan, 05-3588
Judgment for plaintiffs in a class-action suit alleging age discrimination under ERISA in the structure of a pension plan is reversed where the plan did not discriminate based on age, even though participants of different ages experienced different results.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/16/2006
- Decided 08/07/2006
- Published 08/07/2006
Judges
- EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kent A. Mason, Davis & Harman, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Lee A. Freeman, Jr. (argued), Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Jeffrey G. Huvelle (argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.