TRIPPET v. SMITH

No. 77-1612.

592 F.2d 1112 (1979)

Robert S. TRIPPET, Appellant, v. Herbert R. SMITH, Glenn E. Wood, and Samuel V. Shaw, Trustees of the Home-Stake Production Company Deferred Compensation Trust, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1979.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Lang, of Sneed, Lang, Trotter, Adams, Hamilton & Downie, Tulsa, Okl., and David A. Ives, of Stroud & Smith, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

John E. Barry and Lynnwood R. Moore, Jr., of Conner, Winters, Ballaine, Barry & McGowen, Tulsa, Okl., for appellees.

Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, Monica Gallagher, Associate Sol., Plan Benefits Security Div., Norman P. Goldberg, Counsel for Litigation, Plan Benefits Security Div., and Samuel Halpern, Atty., Plan Benefits Security Div., Washington, D. C., for the Secretary of Labor as amicus curiae.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff sought to enjoin defendants from violating provisions of the Home-Stake Production Company Deferred Compensation Trust Instrument (plan), claiming that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction by virtue of ERISA. Defendants are named trustees under the trust instrument, and plaintiff is a former employee and director of the Home-Stake Production Company (Company) who claims to be a beneficiary of the employee benefit plan created...

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