Publication Date: 2024-10-01
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Montgomery-Reeves
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margherita A. Capolino, Caroline English, Pascal F. Naples, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Hopkins, Susan L. Meter, Kantor & Kantor, Northridge, CA; Teresa Renaker, Kristen G. Scott, Renaker Scott, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole, Wilmington, DE; Linda L. Morkan, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT; Timothy J. Snyder, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Melissa D. Hill, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY; Brian M. Killian, James D. Nelson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC; Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY; John E. Roberts, Proskauer Rose, Boston, MA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Anthony F. Shelley, Theresa S. Gee, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC; C. Scott Reese, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 23-1499
Family trust established to pay pensions to domestic employees was not subject to ERISA coverage where it could not qualify as a multiple-employer plan due to the lack of necessary connection between the family members and the family members' lack of involvement in managing the trust.