MILLSAP v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. 03-5124.

368 F.3d 1246 (2004)

James R. MILLSAP; Jose Ramon; Cathy Kirby; Lawrence Wilson; Wanda Hunter; Rita Owens; Bob Kephart; Jim Cooper; Howard Bowlin; and Ray Peterson, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. United States Secretary of Labor; American Association of Retired People; United States Chamber of Commerce, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Mollica of Meites, Mulder, Burger & Mollica, Chicago, IL (Thomas R. Meites, Michael M. Mulder, and Josie Raimond of Meites, Mulder, Burger & Mollica, Chicago, IL; Joseph R. Farris, Paula J. Quillan, and Jody R. Nathan of Feldman, Franden, Woodard, Farris & Boudreaux, Tulsa, OK; Bill Brumley of Brumley & Bishop, Tulsa, OK; and Christopher G. Mackaronis of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Washington D.C., with him on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas E. Wack of Bryan Cave, LLP, St. Louis, MO (Daniel S. Hoffman and Sean Connelly of Hoffman, Reilly, Pozner & Williamson LLP, Denver, CO; John W. Walbran of McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, MO, with him on the brief) for Defendant-Appellant.

Robin Springberg Parry of the United States Department of Labor, Washington D.C. (Howard M. Radzely, Acting Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Mark E. Papadopoulos of the United States Department of Labor, Washington D.C., on the brief) for amicus curiae United States Secretary of Labor in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mary Ellen Signorille and Melvin R. Radowitz, Washington D.C., for amicus curiae American Association of Retired People in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

William J. Kilberg, Mark A. Perry, and Joseph B. Maher, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington D.C.; Stephen A. Bokat and Ellen Dunham Bryant of the National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington D.C., for amicus curiae United States Chamber of Commerce in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Before LUCERO, BALDOCK, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (ERISA), proscribes interference with a participant's rights under a qualified benefit plan. Section 502(a)(3) of ERISA provides the plan participant with his exclusive remedies for a § 510 violation. Under § 502(a)(3), the participant may bring a civil action to (1) enjoin any act or practice which violates any provision of Title...

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