GEORGE G. BLESSITT AND WILLIE NEAL, JR., PLALNTIFFS-APPELLANTS,

v.

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIXIE ENGINE CO., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES

Citator

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• United States v. Four Parcels OF Real Prop. IN Greene & Tuscaloosa Cntys. IN THE State OF Ala., 941 F.2d 1428 (11th Cir. 1991)
  …586, 589 n. 4 (11th Cir.1989). In rem jurisdiction derives entirely from the court’s control over the defendant res. Pennington v. Fourth Nat’l Bank, 243 U.S. 269, 272, 37 S.Ct. 282, 283, 61 L.Ed. 713 (1917); United States v. One Lear Jet Aircraft, 836 F. 2d 1571, 1573 (11th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1204, 108 S.Ct. 2844, 101 L.Ed.2d 881 (1988). The court loses control over the res, and in rem jurisdiction ceases, when — because the losing party has failed to file a stay of judgment or a supe…
• Republic Nat'l Bank of Miami v. United States, 506 U.S. 80 (U.S. 1992)
  …dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. App. 4. The Court of Appeals granted the motion. 932 F. 2d 1433 (CA11 1991). Relying on its 6-to-5 en banc decision in United States v. One Lear Jet Aircraft, Serial No. 35A-280, Registration No. YN-BVO, 836 F. 2d 1571, cert. denied, 487 U. S. 1204 (1988), the court held that the removal of the proceeds of the sale of the residence terminated the District Court’s in rem jurisdiction. 932 F. 2d, at 1435-1436. The court also rejected petitioner Bank’s argument that…
• Blessitt v. Ret. Plan FOR Emps. OF Dixie Engine Co., 848 F.2d 1164 (11th Cir. 1988)
  …ERISA.4 The district court granted summary judgment for Dixie Engine on this claim and this appeal followed. The [*1166] panel reversed. 817 F. 2d 1528 (11th Cir. 1987). A petition for rehearing in banc was granted, thus vacating the panel opinion. 836 F. 2d 1571 (11th Cir.1988). We now affirm the district court. II. DISCUSSION A. DISPUTED BENEFIT FORMULAS At the root of this dispute is the question of which of the plan’s two formulas for calculating benefits applies to employees who had not reached norma…