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WILLIAMS v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 89-16353.

944 F.2d 658 (1991)

Cecil L. WILLIAMS, Joel Morgan Bryan, Peter E. Carnute, William Crum, Richard L. Gonzales, James Moretti, James P. Payton, John L. Tennant, Robert A. Van Buren, and Frederick W. Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., Caterpillar Retirement Income Plan, Caterpillar Non-Contributory Pension Plan, Caterpillar Group Insurance Plan, Caterpillar Benefit Funds Committee, Keith Wheeler and Jack Ziegler, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1991.

As Amended November 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Grosboll, Maxine Auerbach, Neyhart, Anderson, Reilly & Freitas, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Dritsas, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

Nine former, long-term employees of Caterpillar appeal from the district court's dismissal of their claims. They contend that the company's calculation of their pension and retiree medical benefits constitutes a breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988). We now affirm.

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Each of the appellants has devoted between seventeen and twenty...

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