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· 10/14/1963

Carl W. Mullis Engineering & Manufacturing Co. v. Nicholson

Citations

  • 375 U.S. 828
  • 84 S. Ct. 72
  • 11 L. Ed. 2d 60
  • 139 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 565
  • 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2606

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “disagree[ing] with Yard-Man to the extent that it recognizes an inference of an intent to vest” and suggesting that “there must be a specific, if not written, expression of the employer’s intent to be bound”
  • plan provision that retirement health benefits “may now or hereinafter be amended, modified or supplemented in collective bargaining” inconsistent with vesting
  • “We disagree with Yardr-Man ... [and] believe that it is not at all inconsistent with labor policy to require plaintiffs to prove their case without the aid of gratuitous inferences”
  • rejecting any general inference of intent to vest retirees' benefits
  • rejecting any general inference of intent to vest retirees’ benefits
  • rejecting any general inference of intent to vest retirees’ benefits

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