William H. BURSTEIN, M.D.; Efrain J. Crespo, M.D.; Richard R. Austin; Eleanor Hing Fay; Jean B. Haas, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellants
v.
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF ALLEGHENY HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION, c/o Administrator Dwight Kasperbauer, individually and as Plan Administrator, and named fiduciary; David C. McConnell; William F. Adam; J. David Barnes; Ralph W. Brenner; Dorothy McKenna Brown; Frank V. Cahouet; Douglas D. Danforth; Ronald R. Davenport; Harry R. Edelman, III; Robert L. Fletcher; IRA J. Gumberg; Robert M. Hernandez; Francis B. Nimick, Jr.; Robert B. Palmer; Robert M. Potamkin; David W. Sculley; W.P. Snyder, III; Mellon Bank NA; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, as successor-in-interest.
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Argued April 24, 2003.
Filed July 2, 2003.
As Amended August 1, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jay W. Eisenhofer (argued), Denise T. DiPersio, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, Mark J. Krum, Philadelphia, for Appellants.
John F. Schultz (argued), Kristofor T. Henning, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Philadelphia, for Appellees Retirement Account Plan and Kasperbauer.
David J. Laurent, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Appellee McConnell.
David L. McClenahan (argued), William T. Cullen, Wendy E.D. Smith, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, for Appellees Adam, Brown, Danforth, Edelman, Fletcher, Gumberg, Hernandez, Nimick, Palmer, Potamkin, and Sculley.
Thomas J. Farrell, Thieman & Farrell, Pittsburgh, for Appellee Barnes.
James J. Restivo, Jr., Perry A. Napolitano, Daniel E. Wille, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, for Appellee Cahouet.
Anthony W. Clark, Eric M. Davis, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Henry P. Wasserstein, Jonathan L. Frank, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, for Appellee Snyder.
Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Joseph B.G. Fay, Steven D. Spencer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, for Appellee Mellon Bank, N.A.
James J. Keightley, General Counsel, Jeffrey B. Cohen, Deputy General Counsel, Deborah West, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Sara B. Eagle (argued), Joseph M. Krettek, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, for Appellee Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
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