Cotner v. Gardner

Cotner v. Gardner, 461 U.S. 918 (1983)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: May 2, 1983
Docket: No. 82-6388
Citations: 461 U.S. 918103 S. Ct. 190177 L. Ed. 2d 28951 U.S.L.W. 37901983 U.S. LEXIS 4529

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C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

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(implying into plan requirement of 29 U.S.C. § 1053(a) that rights vest at normal retirement age)

Rettig v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., 744 F.2d 133 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
(“ERISA itself does not contain a definition of ‘anniversary.’ This omission, in a complex statute replete with defined terms, suggests that the ordinary meaning of the word was intended”)

Samuels v. Ellenbogen (In re Ellenbogen), 218 B.R. 709 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998)

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Meliton M. Garcia v. The Regents of the University of California D/B/A Los Alamos National Laboratory737 F.2d 889 (10th Cir. 1984)
United States v. A. Leonard Varah, Michael W. Strand, and Galen J. Ross952 F.2d 1181 (10th Cir. 1991)
James Anthony Sweeton v. Robert Brown, Jr.27 F.3d 1162 (6th Cir. 1994)
Gene Rettig v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation744 F.2d 133 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
United States v. Fernando Bustillos31 F.3d 931 (10th Cir. 1994)
Hopkinson v. State679 P.2d 1008 (Wyo. 1984)

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Samuels v. Ellenbogen (In re Ellenbogen)218 B.R. 709 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998)
James Anthony Sweeton v. Robert Brown, Jr.27 F.3d 1162 (6th Cir. 1994)
United States v. Fernando Bustillos31 F.3d 931 (10th Cir. 1994)
Hardy v. Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, Inc.842 F. Supp. 713 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)

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