ALCANTARA v. BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY UNION & INDUS.

Nos. 12-4834-cv, 12-4839-cv, 12-4851-cv, 12-4861-cv, 12-4912-cv.

751 F.3d 71 (2014)

Rafael ALCANTARA, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Alonso Gomez, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Celestino Juarez, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Vasilichia Babu, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Angel De La Cruz, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Khim Chand, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Tesfaye Ghebremedhin, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Rathin Dutta Gupta, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Luis Mejia, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Antonio Merolla, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Rolando Montano, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Russell Neubert, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Tagliareni Salvatore, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Musovic Smail, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Juan F. Torres, Individually, and On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Kenneth Kern, Melvin Menard, Garrett Schol, Guy Stalter, Almond Reid, Michael D'Antonio, Phillip Rogers, Donald Scrogham, Brian K. Fowler, Sr., Joseph Altamore, Individually, and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Leslie Durham, Randall Farmer, Rodney Simpson, James Thomas, James Smith, Steven Shankles, Mattie Davis, Joyce Slaton, Rickey Medley, Kathy Benefield, Timothy Wright, M.D., Rodney Foster, Sandra Brandon, Eddie Wright, Tommy Womack, Roger Wooten, Rickey Wilborn, Gary Whitmore, Walter Watson, Danny White, Terry Wagner, Daniel Thurman, Ricky Teat, Beecher Tanner, Jr., Michael Slaton, Tommy Sibert, Donna Smith, Chris Smith, Gary Sarratt, Charles Rogers, William Richey, Guy Rice, Phyllis Craze, Gary Medley, Randall Moore, Mark Money, Michael Norris, Tony Nelson, Donald Jones, David Lawman, Toney Ivey, Robert Jones, Larry Ingle, Billy Holkem, Herbert Head, Pamula Harper, Rodney Brothers, Dennis Brandon, Connie Burgess, Ruth Bailey, Jimmy Ammons, Kenneth Bearden, Nickey Gorham, Ralph Flynn, James Ferguson, Walter Esloon, Glenda Dupree, Roger Davis, Alan Dalton, James Crawford, Douglas Combs, Melissa Cisco, Billy Cook, Charles Coker, Billy Cathey, Kenneth Burt, Daniel Carter, Edward Bearden Sheila Hammond, Salvador Martinez, Randall Garrison, Leslie Caddick, Joseph Barela, Sheila Juarez, Roger Gonzalez, Phillip G. Scott, Individually and As Representative On Behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons, Terry Wayne Finch, Terry Moore, Ronald Blackwell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, John Steven Chambers, Kevin Waters, Plaintiffs, v. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY UNION AND INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL PENSION FUND PENSION PLAN, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund Board of Trustees, as Plan Administrator, John Does 3-10, as Trustees of the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, Frank Hurt, Steven V. Bertelli, David B. Durkee, Anthony Johnson, Art Montminy, Robert Oakley, Randy D. Roark, Joseph Thibodeau, Richard B. Cook, Dan Craig, Thomas G. Kirchner, Jon McPherson, Lou Minella, John Wagner, John Doe No. 1, John Doe No. 2, as Trustees of the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, The Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, John Beck, Plan Manager, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund Board of Trustees, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Penny Clark ( Jeremiah A. Collins , Osvaldo Vazquez , on the brief), Bredhoff & Kaiser PLLC, Washington, DC, for Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund Pension Plan, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund Board of Trustees, as Plan Administrator, John Does 3-10, as Trustees of the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, Frank Hurt, Steven V. Bertelli, David B. Durkee, Anthony Johnson, Art Montminy, Robert Oakley, Randy D. Roark, Joseph Thibodeau, Richard B. Cook, Dan Craig, Thomas G. Kirchner, Jon McPherson, Lou Minella, John Wagner, John Doe No. 1, John Doe No. 2, as Trustees of the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, The Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, John Beck, Plant Manager, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund Board of Trustees, Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund.

Benjamin Gould ( Lynn L. Sarko , Derek W. Loeser , David S. Preminger , Erin M. Riley , Alison S. Gaffney , on the brief), Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, Chrisopher A. Seeger , Diogenes P. Kekatos , Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY, William D. Frumkin , Elizabeth E. Hunter , Frumkin & Hunter LLP, White Plains, NY, for Alcantara Plaintiffs.

Thomas O. Sinclair ( M. Clayborn Williams , on the brief), Sinclair Williams LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Phillip G. Scott and Terry Wayne Finch.

David P. Martin , The Martin Law Group, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, Robert Brett Adair , Adair Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Blackwell, Martinez, and Moore Plaintiffs.

Before: KEARSE, JACOBS, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

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