COYNE & DELANY CO. v. SELMAN

Nos. 94-1676, 95-1380 and 95-2241.

98 F.3d 1457 (1996)

COYNE & DELANY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe B. SELMAN, d/b/a Benefits Management; Donald F. Smith & Associates, d/b/a Benefits Consultant Services, Defendants-Appellees. COYNE & DELANY COMPANY, as the successor Plan Administrator of the Coyne & Delany Company Employee Benefit Plan, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Peter G. Delany, as a participant under the Coyne & Delany Company Benefit Plan, Plaintiff, v. Joe B. SELMAN, d/b/a Benefits Management, d/b/a Benefits Management Group; Donald F. Smith & Associates, Trading in Virginia as Donald F. Smith & Associates, Incorporated, d/b/a Benefits Consultant Services, Defendants-Appellees. COYNE & DELANY COMPANY, as the successor Plan Administrator of the Coyne & Delany Company Employee Benefit Plan; Peter G. Delany, as a participant under the Coyne & Delany Company Benefit Plan, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Joe B. SELMAN, d/b/a Benefits Management, d/b/a Benefits Management Group; Donald F. Smith & Associates, d/b/a Benefits Consultant Services, Trading in Virginia as Donald F. Smith & Associates, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Argued December 8, 1995.

Decided October 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Peter Booth Vaden, James Nichol Deinlein, Deinlein & Vaden, Charlottesville, VA, for Appellants. Joseph Francis Cunningham, Cunningham & Associates, Alexandria, VA, for Appellee Selman; Calvin Wooding Fowler, Jr., Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, VA, for Appellee Smith & Associates. ON BRIEF: John W. Montgomery, Cunningham & Associates, Alexandria, VA, for Appellee Selman; William D. Bayliss, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, VA, for Appellee Smith & Associates.

Before MURNAGHAN, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Argued March 10, 1995 in No. 94-1676.

Argued December 8, 1995 in Nos. 95-1380 and 95-2241.

No. 94-1676 affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions; Nos. 95-1380 and 95-2241 reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

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