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SMITH v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 13-30647.

756 F.3d 340 (2014)

Mary SMITH; Pamela Bagneris Batiste; Robert Bookman; Kenneth Bourgeois; James Brown, Jr.; et al, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY; Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Garner, Esq. , Howard Taney Boyd, III , Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Howard Shapiro, Esq. , Proskauer Rose, L.L.P., Robert Wilkinson Rachal , Senior Counsel, Michael D'LaShaun Spencer , Proskauer Rose, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

The principal question before the district court was whether the employers' pension benefit plan in this case is a "governmental plan" within the meaning of section 3(32) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32). The Plaintiffs-Appellants (the "Plaintiffs," collectively) are approximately forty former employees of New Orleans Public Service, Inc. and retirees of Transit Management of Southeast...

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