Hawkins Stanton v. Gulf Oil Corporation and Its Benefits Committee

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “[a] civil action may be brought under ERISA only by a plan ‘participant,’ ‘beneficiary,’ ‘fiduciary,’ or the Secretary of Labor.” (citing 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2))
• explaining that only a plan participant, beneficiary, fiduciary, or the Secretary of Labor may bring a civil action under ERISA; “this is both a standing and a subject matter jurisdictional requirement.”
• \It is not a violation of ERISA to fail to furnish information regarding amendments before these amendments are put into effect.\
• mere fact of employment does not entitle employee to participation in a plan established pursuant to ERISA
• mere fact of employment does not entitle employee to participation in a plan established pursuant to ERISA
• rejecting “but for” theory of ERISA standing

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