Albert R. VARHOLA; Joseph Bradshaw; Curtis Darnell; Carlos E. Elrod; Frank P. Iovino; E. Jack Maynard; Curtis W. Phipps; Teresa Price, Executrix of the Estate of Earl Price, deceased; Stephen E. Sexton; William Vanderpool; Leslie L. Wilson; Claude Wright, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
v.
John DOE, et al., Defendants,
Cyclops Corporation; Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Cyclops Corporation; William D. Dickey; Robert A. Kushner; Donald E. Mitchell; Program of Hospital Medical Benefits for Eligible Pensioners and Surviving Spouses of Cyclops Corporation — Salaried Employees, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.
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Argued March 31, 1987.
Decided June 22, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jack F. Fuchs, Daniel O. Berger, Paxton & Seasongood, Cincinnati, Ohio, Donald E. Seymour, argued, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.
Don Aspaugh, Columbus, Ohio, Richard C. Graham, argued, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Becker, Paul H. Tobias, Tobias & Kraus, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.
Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., Edward R. Mackiewicz, Robert Furst, Roger J. Lerner, Legal Dept., Washington, D.C., Chamber of Commerce of the United States, William F. Hanrahan, E. Calvin Golumbic, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellants.
United Steelworkers of America, William T. Payne, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Pittsburgh, Pa., amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs-appellees.
Before KEITH, KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Defendants1 appeal and plaintiffs cross-appeal the summary judgment for plaintiffs in this action involving pension liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. We hold that the "arbitrary and capricious" standard of review applies to decisions by plan administrators to deny benefits to particular...
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