SPRAGUE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 94-1896 to 94-1898 and 94-1937.

92 F.3d 1425 (1996)

Robert D. SPRAGUE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher G. Mackaronis (briefed), Raymond C. Fay (argued and briefed), Hillary L. Pettegrew (briefed), Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Washington, DC, J. Douglas Peters, Charfoos & Christensen, Detroit, MI, for Robert D. Sprague in Nos. 94-1896 to 94-1898.

Christopher G. Mackaronis (briefed), Raymond C. Fay (argued and briefed), Hillary L. Pettegrew (briefed), Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Washington, DC, for Robert D. Sprague in No. 94-1937.

Stephen M. Shapiro (argued & briefed), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Kenneth S. Geller, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, Robert F. Walker, Elliot K. Gordon, Paul, Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Santa Monica, CA, for General Motors Corp.

Susan M. Green, Karen L. Handorf (argued), U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Plan Benefits Sec. Div., Washington, DC, Nancy E. Monarch (briefed), U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Secretary of Labor.

Mary Ellen Signorille (briefed), American Ass'n of Retired Persons, Washington, DC, for American Ass'n of Retired Persons in No. 94-1896.

David M. Heilbron (briefed), Leslie Landau (briefed), Page B. Barnes, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, for Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., Michigan Manufacturers Ass'n, ERISA Industry Committee.

Before LIVELY, MARTIN and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

A putative plaintiff class of more than 84,000 non-union retirees1 of the General Motors Corporation filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., seeking a judgment requiring General Motors to furnish them with basic health care coverage at no cost for their lifetimes and the lifetimes of their surviving spouses. In their complaint...

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