ALLEN v. ADAGE, INC.

No. 91-2206.

967 F.2d 695 (1992)

Richard G. ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. ADAGE, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth A. Bourquin, with whom Warren H. Pyle and Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle, Wanger & Hiatt, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

John F. Welsh, with whom Jason Berger, Kerry M. Richard, and Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and KEETON, District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The fifty-four plaintiffs in this case sought payment of benefits under a severance pay plan (Plan) maintained by their quondam employer, Adage, Inc. Their claims were preferred pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988), and specifically, ERISA § 1132(a)(1)(B). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant. We affirm.

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