HALLIBURTON CO. BENEFITS COMMITTEE v. GRAVES

No. 06-20632.

463 F.3d 360 (2006)

HALLIBURTON COMPANY BENEFITS COMMITTEE, In Its Capacity as Plan Administrator of the Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Welfare Benefits Plan, including its constituent benefit program, the Dresser Retiree Life and Medical Program; Halliburton Co.; Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated Welfare Benefits Plan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James GRAVES; Phil Griffin; Paul M. Bryant, individually and as representatives of a requested class of all similarly situated persons, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Daryl Bristow, Maria Wyckoff Boyce, Amy Douthitt Maddux, Michael B. Bennett, James R. Raborn, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Russell Stanley Post, David J. Beck, Keith A. Jones, David Michael Gunn, Eric J.R. Nichols, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

This class action, brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (2000) ("ERISA"), arises from the September 1998 merger of Dresser Industries, Inc. into a wholly owned subsidiary (Halliburton N.C., Inc.) of Halliburton Company pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement among the three companies and the effect of the merger agreement on the Dresser Retiree Medical Program, an employee welfare...

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