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052211P.pdf   08/14/2006  John D. Craig  v.  Pillsbury
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-2211
   District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton, Circuit Judge, and Bogue,
   District Judge]
   Civil case - ERISA. De novo review applies to top hat plans under
   ERISA because a top hat administrator has no fiduciary duties under
   ERISA; the term "compensation" was defined in the Plan and the Plan
   Administrator did not have authority to redefine the term to exclude 
   two bonuses which were clearly compensation within the meaning of the
   Plan; as a result, the Plan was required to include two retention 
   bonuses in the calculation of plaintiff's pension benefits.