LEONARD v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORP. DISABILITY

No. 02-3559.

341 F.3d 696 (2003)

Marion LEONARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORPORATION DISABILITY INCOME PLAN; Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan; Southwestern Bell Corporation, as Plan Administrator and a Named Fiduciary of Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan and of Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, also known as SBC Communications, Inc.; Benefit Plan Committee of Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan, as Fiduciaries of Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan; Benefit Plan of Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan, as Fiduciaries of Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan; Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., as a participating company and a Named Fiduciary in the Southwestern Bell Corporation Disability Income Plan and Southwestern Bell Corporation Pension Benefit Plan; Benefit Plan Committee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, as the Named Fiduciary designated by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company with respect to claims and administration of benefits of employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Sheldon Weinhaus, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Richard J. Pautler, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Marion Leonard sued Appellees1 alleging that they violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, by interpreting two employee benefit plans in a manner that reduced Leonard's benefits. In particular, Leonard challenged Appellees' contention that plan benefits may be reduced by the entire amount of a 1996...

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