TATUM v. RJR PENSION INV. COMMITTEE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Greg Lewis , KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P., Oakland, California, for Appellant. Adam Howard Charnes , KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees. Jeffrey Michael Hahn , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. ON BRIEF: Matthew M. Gerend , KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P., Seattle, Washington; Robert M. Elliot , Helen L. Parsonage , ELLIOT MORGAN PARSONAGE, PLLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Kelly M. Dermody , Daniel M. Hutchinson , LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellant. Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Thurston H. Webb , KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellees. M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, G. William Scott , Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins , Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. Kate Comerford Todd , U.S. CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Janet M. Jacobson , AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL, Washington, D.C.; William M. Jay , Jaime A. Santos , GOODWIN PROCTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and American Benefits Council.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson joined. Judge Diaz wrote a dissenting opinion.