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BAFFORD v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.

No. 20-55222.

994 F.3d 1020 (2021)

Stephen H. BAFFORD; Laura Bafford; Evelyn L. Wilson, on their own behalves and on behalf of a class of similarly situated participants and beneficiaries, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION; Administrative Committee of the Northrop Grumman Pension Plan; Alight Solutions LLC, fka Hewitt Associates LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Hopkins (argued) and Susan Meter , Kantor & Kantor LLP, Northridge, California; Teresa S. Renaker , Margo Hasselman Greenough , and Kirsten G. Scott , Renaker Hasselman Scott LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eileen R. Ridley (argued) and Jason Y. Wu , Foley & Lardner LLP, San Francisco, California; Kimberly A. Klinsport and Alyssa L. Tiche , Foley & Lardner LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee Alight Solutions LLC.

Nancy G. Ross (argued), Richard E. Nowak , and Brett E. Legner , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Alexander Vitruk , Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees Northrop Grumman Corporation and Administrative Committee of the Northrop Grumman Pension Plan.

Norman Stein , Pension Rights Center, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey Lewis , Keller Rohrback LLP, Oakland, California; for Amici Curiae Pension Rights Center and National Employment Lawyers Association.

Stephen P. Lucke , Andrew Holly , Timothy Droske , and Nicholas J. Bullard , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Janet M. Jacobson , American Benefits Council, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae American Benefits Council.

Before: DANNY J. BOGGS, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and MARY H. MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Northrop Grumman sponsored an employee pension plan (Plan) that is subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Northrop delegated administration of the Plan to an Administrative Committee (Committee), which in turn contracted with Hewitt (now Alight Solutions), a...

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