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PHILLIPS v. ALASKA HOTEL & RESTAURANT EMP. P. FUND

Nos. 89-35735, 90-35144.

944 F.2d 509 (1991)

Helen PHILLIPS; Carson K. Workman; Joe Ahlers, a/k/a Uwe Ahlers, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. ALASKA HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1991.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing December 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall G. Simpson, Robert A. Royce, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

William H. Song, Brigid Carroll, William I. Lee, Davies, Roberts & Reid, Seattle, Wash., for amicus curiae Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension Trust, supporting defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Walner, Dan Edelman, Lawrence, Walner & Assoc., Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Alan M. Levy, O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., Albert R. Malanca, Donald S. Cohen, Diane J. Kero, Elizabeth P. Martin, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before WRIGHT, O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and PRO, District Judge.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc December 6, 1991.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

We consider here whether a pension plan that excludes a high number of participants from vesting violates the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). In particular, we consider whether the maintenance of restrictive vesting standards amounts to arbitrary and capricious conduct or creates a structural defect under § 302(c)(5) of the LMRA, 29 U.S.C...

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