Stefanie HIRT, Barbara Seay, Ann Nussbaum, Susan Chwast and Loretta Ronzca, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees,
v.
The EQUITABLE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES, MANAGERS AND AGENTS and the Officers Committee on Benefit Plans, as Plan Administrator, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Margaret Bryerton, Cheryl A. Brock, Mark A. Ferraiolo and Michael Cubbins, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Verizon Communications, Inc., Verizon Management Pension Plan and Verizon Employee Benefits Committee, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued in Tandem: April 22, 2008.
Decided: July 9, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edgar Pauk, New York, NY, for Hirt Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
Eli Gottesdiener, Gottesdiener Law Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY, for Bryerton Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Kenneth S. Geller (Craig W. Canetti, on the brief), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, Wilber H. Boies and Nancy G. Ross, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, and Mark D. Wincek, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, for the Equitable Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Jeffrey G. Huvelle (Eric R. Sonnenschein, on the brief), Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Verizon Defendants-Appellees.
Kent A. Mason and Jason K. Bortz, Davis & Harman LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Benefits Council, AT & T Corp., Business Roundtable, BP America Inc., El Paso Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc., Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Xerox Corporation.
Carol Connor Flowe and Gretchen Dixon, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC, and Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Jeffrey Lewis and Vincent Cheng, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Oakland, CA, Stephen R. Bruce and Allison C. Caalim, Stephen R. Bruce Law Offices, Washington, DC, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Derek Loeser, Amy Williams-Derry, and Karin Swope, Keller Rohrback, LLP, Seattle WA, and Marissa M. Tirona, National Employment Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association.
Eli Gottesdiener, Gottesdiener Law Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY, for Amicus Curiae Pension Rights Center.
Jeffrey P. Englander, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Young Women's Christian Association Retirement Fund, Inc.
Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, KEARSE and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:
In 2006, Congress enacted the Pension Protection Act ("PPA"), which amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") to specifically allow for cash balance defined benefit plans. Pub.L. No. 109-280, § 701(a)(1), 120 Stat. 780, 981 (2006). The amendment, however, applies only to periods beginning on or after June 29, 2005. Id. § 701(e)(1), 120 Stat. 991. This opinion...
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