CSA 401(K) PLAN v. PENSION PROFESSIONALS, INC.

Nos. 98-56012, 98-56353.

195 F.3d 1135 (1999)

CSA 401(K) PLAN, a retirement plan established for participating employees of Computer Software Analysts, Inc.; Levi Carey, Trustee of the CSA 401(K) Plan; Eitan Sadeh; David M. Cummings; Scott Burleigh; Richard Borgen; Melvin Reier; Faz Keyvanfar; Rose-Marie Kurian; Shri Agarwal; Ronald Herin; Clint Erikson; Lidia Gabaldon; Gerald Benenyan; Don Dellapiane; Mohammed Shahabuddin; Gerry Heath; John D. Paull; John E. Whitesel; David Boss; Thomas B. McHugh; Bartholomew W. Flaherty; Donald Munson; Ralph Lindeman; Russell Mitchell; Ralph Corbolotti; Cynthia Gates; Jim Kelly; Mike McCreary; Mike Marcellino; Jose Davila; Victor Eubanks; Alice Goldsberry; Sharon McClure; William R. Ellis; H. Michael Snyder; Ben Gearo; Marion Rice; Becky Carter; Frank Sci, Jr.; Thomas G. Paice; Kelley E. Case; Robin Hill; Harold C. Falk; John Kovak; Mark Koehler; Mark Mateson; Viriginia F. Eissler; John Corkill; Mary Hudson; Tom Merril, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PENSION PROFESSIONALS, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee. CSA 401(K) Plan, a retirement plan established for participating employees of Computer Software Analysts, Inc.; Levi Carey, Trustee of the CSA 401(K) Plan; Eitan Sadeh; David M. Cummings; Scott Burleigh; Richard Borgen; Melvin Reier; Faz Keyvanfar; Rose-Marie Kurian; Shri Agarwal; Ronald Herin; Clint Erikson; Lidia Gabaldon; Gerald Benenyan; Don Dellapiane; Mohammed Shahabuddin; Gerry Heath; John D. Paull; John E. Whitesel; David Boss; Thomas B. McHugh; Bartholomew W. Flaherty; Donald Munson; Ralph Lindeman; Russell Mitchell; Ralph Corbolotti; Cynthia Gates; Jim Kelly; Mike McCreary; Mike Marcellino; Jose Davila; Victor Eubanks; Alice Goldsberry; Sharon McClure; William R. Ellis; H. Michael Snyder; Ben Gearo; Marion Rice; Becky Carter; Frank Sci, Jr.; Thomas G. Paice; Kelley E. Case; Robin Hill; Harold C. Falk; John Kovak; Mark Koehler; Mark Mateson; Viriginia F. Eissler; John Corkill; Mary Hudson; Tom Merril, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pension Professionals, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark K. Drew, Pick & Boydston, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Cynthia A. Goodman, Robinson, Di Lando & Whitaker, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: Goodwin, Schroeder, and Alarcon, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Levi Carey, the CEO of Computer Software Analysts, Inc. ("CSA") and a cotrustee of CSA's 401(k) employee benefit plan (the "Plan"), embezzled funds from the Plan. After the employees learned that their trustee had absconded with the funds, the Plan sued Pension Professionals, Inc. ("PPI"), in district court. The Plan appeals a summary judgment in favor of PPI. We affirm.

FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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