RICHARDSON v. PENSION PLAN OF BETHLEHEM STEEL

No. 93-36089.

67 F.3d 1462 (1995)

Robert L. RICHARDSON; William Alexander; Larry L. Aman; Kenneth R. Anderson; Jimmie L. Arrington, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PENSION PLAN OF BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES; The Pension Trust of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Subsidiary Companies; The General Pension Board; Michael Dopera, Secretary of the General Pension Board; Bethlehem Steel Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Bert Frank, Frank & Rosen, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard J. Omata, Karr, Tuttle, Campbell, Seattle, Washington, for defendants-appellees.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., O'SCANNLAIN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must delve into complex issues of statutory and contractual interpretation as we determine a company's liability for shutdown pension benefits following sale and eventual closure of a steel plant.

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The appellants are former employees of Bethlehem Steel Corporation ("BSC"), who seek various pension benefits from their former employer. While they were employed at BSC, BSC and the United Steel Workers of America entered...

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