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JANESE v. FAY

Docket Nos. 11-5369-cv(L), 12-80-cv(XAP).

692 F.3d 221 (2012)

Douglas A. JANESE, Christopher V. Shakarjian, Louis D'Aurizio, as representatives of the participants and beneficiaries of the former Niagara Genesee & Vicinity Carpenters Local 280 Pension and Welfare Funds, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. David A. FAY, Angelo Massaro, Dominic P. Massaro, George R. Weidert, Christopher M. Scrufari, David J. Knapp, Trustees of the Niagara-Genesee & Vicinity Carpenters Local 280 Pension and Welfare Funds from 1994 through 1998, and John J. Fuchs, Patrick Morin, John J. Simmons, Trustees of the Niagara-Genesee & Vicinity Carpenters Local 280 Pension and Welfare Funds from 2006 through 2008, and Gordon J. Knapp, Robert P. Williams, Thomas P. Hartz, Trustees of the Niagara-Genesee & Vicinity Carpenters Local 280 Pension and Welfare Funds in 2000, and Santo S. Scrufari, Russell P. Scrufari, Plan Managers of the Niagara-Genesee & Vicinity Carpenters Local 280 Pension and Welfare Funds, and Empire State Carpenters Welfare Fund, Empire State Carpenters Pension Fund, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Alan McCarthy , Buffalo, NY (Burd & McCarthy, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), for Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Jeffrey S. Swyers , Washington, D.C. ( Allison A. Madan , Slevin & Hart, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Robert L. Boreanaz , Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), for Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: NEWMAN, WINTER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal and a purported cross-appeal primarily concern two issues arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The first issue is whether trustees of a multi-employer pension fund act as fiduciaries when they amend the pension plan. The second issue is whether the claims asserted in this case are time-barred. These issues arise on an appeal by present and former...

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