IN RE BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC.

Bankruptcy No. 482-0368, 482-0369, Adv. No. 482-0339.

24 B.R. 466 (1982)

In Re BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Debtors. BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL CORP., Braniff Airways, Inc.; Retirement Plan for Management Employees of Braniff Airways, Inc.; and Alan K. Stewart, William C. Oliver, and Steven S. Turoff, constituting the Retirement Committee of the Plan, Plaintiffs, v. INTERFIRST BANK, DALLAS, N.A. as Trustee; Charles M. Mathews, R.G. Peterson and K.L. Mullick on their own behalf and on behalf of all Plan beneficiaries; and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

November 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin C. Garbow, David Bonderman, K. Peter Schmitt, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Jack H. Balzersen, Rochelle, King & Balzersen, Dallas, Tex., Michael Crames, Levin & Weintraub, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles Plenge, Johnson, Bramberg & Leeds, Dallas, Tex., Henry Rose, Mitchell L. Strickler, Lawrence F. Landgraff, Kent Cprek, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Washington, D.C., Morgan Williams, Mehl, Williams & Cummings, Fort Worth, Tex., Barbara Houser, Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Dallas, Tex., for defendants.


Memorandum Opinion

JOHN FLOWERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a case to establish the termination date for a qualified pension plan governed by the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is central to ERISA's theme of providing guaranteed levels of benefits to pension plan participants. Operating as a governmental-insurer it is funded...

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