TIBBLE v. EDISON INTER.

No. 10-56406, No. 10-56415.

843 F.3d 1187 (2016)

Glenn TIBBLE; William Bauer; William Izral; Henry Runowiecki; Frederick Suhadolc; Hugh Tinman, Jr., as representatives of a class of similarly situated persons, and on behalf of the Plan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EDISON INTERNATIONAL; The Edison International Benefits Committee, FKA The Southern California Edison Benefits Committee; Edison International Trust Investment Committee; Secretary of The Edison International Benefits Committee; Southern California Edison's Vice President of Human Resources; Manager of Southern California Edison's HR Service Center, Defendants-Appellees. Glenn Tibble; William Bauer; William Izral; Henry Runowiecki; Frederick Suhadolc; Hugh Tinman, Jr., as representatives of a class of similarly situated persons, and on behalf of the Plan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edison International; The Southern California Edison Benefits Committee, incorrectly named The Edison International Benefits Committee; Edison International Trust Investment Committee; Secretary of the Southern California Edison Company Benefits Committee, incorrectly named Secretary of the Edison International Benefits Committee; Southern California Edison's Vice President of Human Resources; Manager of Southern California Edison's HR Service Center, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Wolff (argued), Jason P. Kelly , Sean E. Soyars , Nelson G. Wolff , and Jerome J. Schlichter , Schlichter Bogard & Denton, Saint Louis, Missouri, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Jonathan D. Hacker (argued), Meaghan VerGow , Robert N. Eccles , and Walter Dellinger , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gabriel Markoff and Ward A. Penfold , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, California; Sergey Trakhtenberg , Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California; for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Jay E. Sushelsky , AARP Foundation Litigation, and Melvin Radowitz , AARP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae AARP.

Stacey E. Elias , Trial Attorney; Elizabeth Hopkins , Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, Washington, D.C.; Timothy D. Hauser , Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security Division, and M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Secretary of Labor.

S. Michael Chittenden and Thomas L. Cubbage III , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Investment Company Institute.

Abbey M. Glenn , Alison B. Willard , and Nicole A. Diller , Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae California Employment Law Council.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, and STEPHEN REINHARDT, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET MCKEOWN, RICHARD A. PAEZ, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, CARLOS T. BEA, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, PAUL J. WATFORD and MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Edison sponsors a defined-contribution 401(k) Savings Plan (Plan), wherein "participants' retirement benefits are limited to the value of their own individual investment accounts, which is determined by the market performance of employee and employer contributions,...

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