CHEVRON CHEM. CO. v. OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS UNION 4-447

No. 94-30035.

47 F.3d 139 (1995)

CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS LOCAL UNION 4-447, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilton S. Bell, Julia M. Pearce, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, Isadore H. Koretzky, Grant Coleman, Elvige C. Richards, Carver, Darden, Koretzky, New Orleans, LA, for appellants.

Louis L. Robein, Jr., Robein, Urann & Lurye, Metairie, LA, for appellees.

Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The central issue at hand is whether the district court should have applied the abuse of discretion standard of review to the interpretation given an ERISA plan by its administrator. Members of a local union challenged the decision by a review panel of Chevron Chemical Company's Mental Health/Substance Abuse Plan (MH/SA Plan) that the members' coverage in the plan had not terminated because they continued to participate in another...

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