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ANDERSEN v. DHL RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN

No. 12-36051.

766 F.3d 1205 (2014)

Randal ANDERSEN; Quin Arnold; Gilbert Arter; James Dewey Ashby, Jr.; Lynn Batayola; Carol Blankfield; David A. Boozer; Sharon Ann Braun, aka Sharon Ann Sanders; David Brent; Jacqueline Brown; Randy Buchanan; Loretta Buckholz; Robert Cassidy; Thomas Clark; Tracy Clark; Laura Cochrane; Patrick Curry; Wallace Danielson; Kristen Delara; Sharon Denison; William Denton; Joseph Dinicola; Barbara Dreisow; Brenda Dreisow, Estate of; Jyl Eidemiller; Elaine Ellison; Lynn Epstein; Elizabeth Fields; Robert Forst; Craig Funcke; Carolyne Garris; Thomas Gladis; Steven Hall; Gerard Hempstead; Michelle Hightower; Richard Hobt; Judith Kennedy; Lynn Knigge; Jennifer Krause; Gloria Macinnis; Deborah Mahanay; Carol Maness; Diane McCarty; June McGarvey; Steven Mehl; Meegan Moutsakas; Mark Neils; Judi O'Hurley; Diane Ormston; Linda Patchell; Gloria Prince; Lynn Ramsey; Carol Rudisuhle; Joyce S. Seifert; Robert Severini; Ernest Sharpe; Michael Shea; Pamela Spring; Kathryn Terlizzi; Anthony Thomas; Douglas Thomas; Pamela Jean Thomas; John Vogler; Katherine M. Waggoner; Michael Ward; Rob Wilder; Steven Williams; Leslie Willman; Joanne Wind; Debra Ann Winter; Nancy Wright; Delois Wyatt; Roxanna Zaborac, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DHL RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN; DPWN Holdings (USA), Inc.; DHL Pension Plan Committee, aka Employee Benefits Pension Plan Committee of DPWN Holdings (USA) Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted September 8, 2014.

Filed September 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Catapano-Friedman (argued), The Catapano-Friedman Law Firm, Albany, NY; Michael E. Withey , Law Offices of Michael E. Withey, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Brian T. Ortelere (argued) and Jeremy P. Blumenfeld , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Nicole A. Diller , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael P. Monaco , Song Mondress PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Kathryn Keneally , Assistant Attorney General, Tamara W. Ashford , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Gilbert S. Rothenberg , Teresa E. McLaughlin , and Ivan C. Dale , Attorneys, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

The "anti-cutback" rule of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1054(g), prohibits any amendment of an employee benefits plan that would reduce a participant's "accrued benefit." Our question is whether Defendants' (collectively, "DHL") decision to eliminate Plaintiffs' right to transfer their account balances from DHL's defined contribution plan to its defined benefit plan violated...

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