HOUGHTON v. SIPCO, INC.

No. 93-3551.

38 F.3d 953 (1994)

William J. HOUGHTON; Robert W. Williams; Raymond L. Reid, Jr.; Patricia Mary Johnson; Arthur VanRyswyk; Frances V. Allott; William R. Grant; Cecil Cooper, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SIPCO, INC., formerly known as Swift Independent Packing Company; Monfort, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1994.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Bruckner, Houston, TX, argued (Sylvia Davidow, on the brief), for appellants.

Stephen DeVolder, Des Moines, IA, argued (Terrence Brown and J. Russell Hixon, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by eight former and present salaried employees of SIPCO, Inc., alleging that SIPCO and its sister company, Monfort, Inc. (collectively, "SIPCO"), violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. ("ERISA"), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 ("ADEA"), by reducing plaintiffs' compensation and retirement medical benefits and denying them severance...

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