International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-Cio, Local 47 v. Southern California Edison Company

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

I. Overview

Appellant is a labor organization that represents a unit of Southern California Edison Company (“Edison”) employees Appellant sued Edison for breach of contract, seeking to recover benefits wrongfully withheld under a health care plan negotiated by the parties and administered by appellee. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant on the grounds that the contract explicitly permitted Edison to withhold the benefits as it did, and that the district court must defer to Edison’s interpretation of the contract unless that interpretation was…