TRUSTEES OF DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA v. TISE

Nos. 96-16799, 96-16994.

234 F.3d 415 (2000)

TRUSTEES OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA-PRODUCER PENSION BENEFITS PLANS, a collectively bargained, joint-trusteed labor-management trust, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Suzanne R. Tise, an individual, Defendant-Appellee, Cybele Tise-Myers, an individual; Chloe Tise-Myers, an individual, Defendants, and Yvonne Curry, an individual, Defendant-Appellant. Trustees of the Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Benefits Plans, a collectively bargained, joint-trusteed labor-management trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Suzanne R. Tise, an individual, Defendant-Appellee, Cybele Tise-Myers, an individual; Chloe Tise-Myers, an individual, Defendants, and Yvonne Curry, an individual, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 6, 2000.

Amended June 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Shopoff, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald Dean, Pacific Palisades, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Catherine A. Elin, Novato, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted July 6, 2000 — San Francisco, California.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

This interpleader action requires us to interpret the scope of the Qualified Domestic Relations Order ("QDRO") provisions of ERISA. Yvonne Curry, the designated beneficiary of Charles Myers' ERISA pension plan, appeals the district court's summary judgment distributing the bulk of Myers' plan proceeds to the mother of his children, Suzanne Tise. The...

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