DAFT v. ADVEST, INC.

Nos. 08-3212, 10-3151.

658 F.3d 583 (2011)

L. Alan DAFT; Charles P. Harriman; Harry Canavesi; Antoinette Mancing; Bryce Smith; Mark Smith; Robert O'Leary; Marilyn Neckes; Michael Keim; James Keim, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ADVEST, INC.; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Lou DiMaria; Frank Paparella; Glenn Dittes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark A. Jacoby , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants. William Zavarello , Akron, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark A. Jacoby , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, John B. Nalbandian , Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. William Zavarello , Akron, Ohio, Matthew J. Koch , Akron, Ohio, Janet I. Stich , Akron, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: KENNEDY, BOGGS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), Plaintiffs brought suit for the improper denial of pension benefits under Defendant Advest, Inc.'s Account Executive Nonqualified Defined Benefit Plan (the "AE Plan" or "Plan"). After Plaintiffs exhausted their claim before the Administrative Committee for the AE Plan (the "Committee" or "AE Plan Committee") and both parties briefed an...

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