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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Joseph M. Hood, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky,

sitting by designation.

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

File Name: 08a0190p.06

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________

GERARD F. KOLPACKE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CSX PENSION PLAN; CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.;

CSX CORPORATION; CSX CORPORATION

COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL PLAN; CSX

CORPORATION GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN,

Defendants-Appellees.

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No. 07-1959

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.

No. 05-73734—Victoria A. Roberts, District Judge.

Argued: May 2, 2008

Decided and Filed: May 21, 2008 

Before: KENNEDY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges; HOOD, Senior District Judge.*

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COUNSEL

ARGUED: Randall E. Phillips, PROVIZER & PHILLIPS, P.C., Bingham Farms, Michigan, for

Appellant. G. Christopher Bernard, BODMAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:

Randall E. Phillips, Marilyn A. Madorsky, PROVIZER & PHILLIPS, P.C., Bingham Farms,

Michigan, for Appellant. G. Christopher Bernard, BODMAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.

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OPINION _________________

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Gerald F. Kolpacke appeals

the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants on his claim of wrongful

denial of benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1132

et seq. Kolpacke alleges that defendants arbitrarily and capriciously denied his claimed benefits by

misapplying the relevant pension plan. The district court granted summary judgment in defendants’

favor because Kolpacke had failed to show that defendants’ had arbitrarily and capriciously applied

the terms of the pension plan in calculating Kolpacke’s estimated benefits. 

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We have carefully read the parties’ briefs, the applicable law, and the district court’s order

granting summary judgment to defendants and its order denying plaintiff’s motion for

reconsideration, and we agree no genuine issues of material fact exist and defendants are entitled

to judgment as a matter of law on Kolpacke’s claim. Because the district court’s decisions are

well-reasoned, we see no reason to embellish upon its opinions. Therefore, we AFFIRM the district

court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants on Kolpacke’s ERISA claim for the reasons stated

in the district court’s orders. 

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