Jeffrey H. Beck, Liquidating Trustee of the Estates of Crown Vantage, Inc. and Crown Paper Company v. PACE International Union, et al.

Subject:

ERISA, Fiduciary Duties, Pension Plans, Annuities, Labor and Employment Law

• Whether a pension plan sponsor's decision to terminate a plan by purchasing an annuity, rather than to merge the pension plan with another, is a plan sponsor decision not subject to ERISA's fiduciary obligations.

• United States Supreme Court Decided: June 11, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit Opinion Filed: October 24, 2005
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: January 19, 2007

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket