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TUSSEY v. ABB, INC.

Nos. 12-2056, 12-2060, 12-3794, 12-3875.

746 F.3d 327 (2014)

Ronald C. TUSSEY; Charles E. Fisher; Timothy Pinnell, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. ABB, INC.; John W. Cutler, Jr.; Pension Review Committee of ABB, Inc.; Pension & Thrift Management Group of ABB, Inc.; Employee Benefits Committee of ABB, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research Company, Defendants. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Amicus on Behalf of Appellants. AARP; Barbara Jean Black, Amici on Behalf of Appellees. Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus Curiae. Tamar Frankel; David Webber, Amici on Behalf of Appellees. Ronald C. Tussey; Charles E. Fisher; Timothy Pinnell, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. ABB, Inc.; John W. Cutler, Jr.; Pension Review Committee of ABB, Inc.; Pension & Thrift Management Group of ABB, Inc.; Employee Benefits Committee of ABB, Inc., Defendants. Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research Company, Defendants-Appellants. AARP; Barbara Jean Black; Tamar Frankel; David Webber, Amici on Behalf of Appellees. Ronald C. Tussey; Charles E. Fisher; Timothy Pinnell, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. ABB, Inc.; John W. Cutler, Jr.; Pension Review Committee of ABB, Inc.; Pension & Thrift Management Group of ABB, Inc.; Employee Benefits Committee of ABB, Inc., Defendants. Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research Company, Defendants-Appellants. AARP; Barbara Jean Black; Tamar Frankel; David Webber, Amici on Behalf of Appellees. Ronald C. Tussey; Charles E. Fisher; Timothy Pinnell, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. ABB, Inc.; John W. Cutler, Jr.; Pension Review Committee of ABB, Inc.; Pension & Thrift Management Group of ABB, Inc.; Employee Benefits Committee of ABB, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research Company, Defendants. AARP, Amicus on Behalf of Appellees. Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus Curiae. Barbara Jean Black; Tamar Frankel; David Webber, Amici on Behalf of Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Hacke , Washington, DC, Thomas E. Wack , argued, Saint Louis, MO ( Jeffrey Scott Russell , Saint Louis, MO, Brian T. Ortelere , William J. Delany , Azeez Hayne , on the brief, Philadelphia, PA, for ABB in 12-2056 and 12-3875, Brian D. Boyle , Brianne Gorod , Kathryn E. Tarbert , Washington, DC, Richard N. Bein , on the brief, Kansas City, MO) for appellants Fidelity Management Trust Company; Fidelity Management & Research Company, for appellants in 12-2056 and 12-3875.

Jerome Joseph Schlichter , argued, Saint Louis, MO ( Troy A. Doles , Heather Lea , Michael A. Wolff , on the brief, St. Louis, MO), for appellee.

David Ellis , argued, Washington, DC ( Jay E. Sushelsky , Steven Gill Bradbury , Robert W. Helm , Andrew L. Oringer , Alexander R. Bilus , Ira D. Hammerman , Kevin Carroll , on the brief Washington, DC), for amicus curiae, the Secretary of Labor; amicus Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in 12-2056 and 12-3875; (Barbara Jean Black, on the brief, Cincinnati, OH,) for Law Professors Frankel, Black, and Webber; (Melvin Radowitz Jay E. Sushelsky, on the brief Washington, DC), for amicus of AARP.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT and BYE, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals arise from a class action led by Ronald C. Tussey, Charles E. Fisher, and Timothy Pinnell (participants) as representatives of a class of current and former employees of ABB, Inc. (ABB) who participated in two ABB retirement plans1 governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. After a sixteen-day bench trial, the district court...

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