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WALLACE v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 87-2013.

882 F.2d 1327 (1989)

James B. WALLACE, Mary Bailey, Bert O. Lambert, Patricia McGuffin, Deborah B. Reynolds, J.R. Hudman, Judy C. Hudman, Delwyn Wiley, Bill Mack, L. Kay Baker, Wanda Walker, Jimmy Cheatham, Troy C. Lebo, Bobby R. Bailey, Jr., Charles L. Holt, Ray Anthony Colvin, Charles E. Baker, Dennis Minor, Travis M. Blackwell, Jr., Leonard McKinney, Peggy J. Arrington, Willie M. Smelser, Jerry A. Griep, William Rowe, Yacub R. Akkub, Phillip Webb, Andy L. Hickey, Robert C. Bullock, Charles Hall, James E. Gardner, W.L. Ramsey, James C. Almand, Charles R. Hamm, Carl E. Johnson, Kenneth R. Flan, Vernon Wayne Evans, Don E. Orren, Max D. Gunnels, Gary D. Oswalt, Quentin L. Anderson, J.H. Hayes, Barbara Grafton, W.C. Cotton, Loretta A. Edwards, Susan Nygaard Keith, Mary F. Reeves and Cal D. Shepherd, Appellants, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Hickey, El Dorado, Ark., for appellants.

Martin Wald, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before BEAM, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.

HANSON, Senior District Judge.

This case involves a claim for termination benefits by a class of former employees of appellee Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (Firestone). The District Court below, the Honorable Oren Harris, granted summary judgment to appellee. The court first found that the claims were governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). It then held that Firestone's conclusion that termination benefits were not awardable was...

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