ROLLINS v. DIGNITY HEALTH

No. 15-15351.

830 F.3d 900 (2016)

Starla ROLLINS, on behalf of herself, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIGNITY HEALTH, a California non-profit corporation; Herbert J. Vallier, an individual, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Blatt (argued), Elisabeth S. Theodore , and William C. Perdue ; Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Barry S. Landsberg , Harvey L. Rochman , and Joanna S. McCallum ; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California; David L. Shapiro , Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles M. Dyke , Nixon Peabody LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Ron Kilgard (argued) and Laurie Ashton , Keller Rohrback LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Lynn L. Sarko , Havila C. Unrein , and Matthew M. Gerend ; Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, Washington; Bruce Rinaldi , Karen L. Handorf , and Michelle C. Yau ; Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Shay Dvoretzky and Emily J. Kennedy , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Alliance Defending Freedom and Thomas More Society.

David Cortman , Erik Stanley , and Jordan Lorence , Washington, D.C., as and for Amicus Curiae Alliance Defending Freedom.

Mark E. Chopko , Marissa Parker , and Brandon Riley , Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP, Washington, D.C.; Lisa Gilden , The Catholic Health Association of the United States, Washington, D.C.; James F. Sweeney and John M. Cox ; Sweeney, Greene & Roberts, LLP, Elk Grove, California; for Amici Curiae The Catholic Health Association of the United States, and The Alliance of Catholic Health Care.

G. Daniel Miller , Conner & Winters, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Laurence A. Hansen and Hugh S. Balsam , Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, Illinois; for Amici Curiae Guidestone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, The Pension Boards — United Church of Christ, Inc., and The Church Alliance.

Michael Reiss and John A. Goldmark , David Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington; Howard Shapiro , Robert Rachal , and Stacey Cerrone ; Proskauer Rose LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana; for Amicus Curiae Providence Health & Services.

James A. Sonne , Stanford Law School Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford, California, for Amicus Curiae Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Mary Ellen Signorille , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae AARP.

Andrew L. Seidel , Madison, Wisconsin, as and for Amicus Curiae Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Daniel Mach , Washington, D.C., as an for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Elizabeth O. Gill , San Francisco, California, as and for Amicus Curiae ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Inc.

Richard B. Katskee and Gregory M. Lipper , Washington, D.C., as and for Amicus Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Ronald Dean , Law Office of Ronald Dean, Pacific Palisades, California; Karen W. Ferguson , Pension Rights Center, Washington, D.C.; Norman P. Stein , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for Amicus Curiae Pension Rights Center.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges and Robert W. Gettleman, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellee Starla Rollins filed this putative class action against her former employer, Defendant-Appellant Dignity Health, its Chief Human Resources Officer, unnamed members of its Retirement Subcommittee, and other unnamed fiduciaries (collectively "Dignity Health"), alleging that Dignity Health...

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