FORD v. UNIROYAL PENSION PLAN

No. 94-2080.

154 F.3d 613 (1998)

Isaac FORD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIROYAL PENSION PLAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doyle G. O'Connor (argued and briefed), Steinberg, O'Connor & Burns, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Donald H. Scharg (argued and briefed), Thomas A. Pinch (briefed), The Fishman Group, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WELLFORD, MOORE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

We consider in this appeal whether the federal courts must incorporate state law as the federal rule of decision with respect to the calculation of prejudgment interest and attorney fees awarded to prevailing plaintiffs in a civil enforcement action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. The plaintiffs argue that the district court...

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